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Agri seed farm minor irrigation project at Merapani inaugurated

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Post-suspension: nPf MlAs seek to ensure stability of govt

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

DIMAPUR, JUNE 1 (MExN): A joint meeting of the NPF legislators holding offices and senior party functionaries at the State Banquet Hall, Kohima has resolved to fully endorse the decision of the Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) and the subsequent orders issued by party president, Traffic jam, good! Time for Dr Shurhozelie Liesietsu in Candy Crush! serving suspension orders to Lok Sabha MP Neiphiu Rio and MLA Imkong L. Imchen from the party’s primary and active membership till further orders.

A press statement from NEW DElhI, JUNE 1 NPF Legislature Party (IANS): Petrol price was spokesperson, Yitachu on hiked by Rs.2.58 a litre and June 1 said the house at the diesel by Rs.2.26 per litre, meeting held that the decian announcement from sion was taken in the best Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) interest of the party and said here late on Tuesalso to ensure the stability day. The new rates will be of the NPF-led DAN Govapplicable from the mid ernment. night of May 31/June 1, Furthermore, the meetthe announcement said. ing resolved to reiterate its The prices were last hiked unflinching support to the on May 17. leadership of party president Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu and Chief Minister TR Zeliang.

The meeting also reiterated its full support to the A Naga farmer with her child on her back works in a paddy field at Shajouba Village in peace talks and to strive Senapati district in Manipur on Tuesday. Photo by Caisii Mao

Petrol price hiked

by Rs.2.58 a litre, diesel by Rs.2.26

Nagaland: Congress to pursue disqualification of eight MLAs

NEW DElhI, JUNE 1 (IANS): In the wake of court ruling on the disqualification of nine Uttarakhand legislators, the Congress leaders in Nagaland are now optimistic about the disqualification of eight other party lawmakers who defected last year and backed the T.R. Zeliang government in the northeastern state.

“Eight Congress MLAs had voted in favour of the Zeliang ministry on February 5, 2015, during a trial of strength. Later, they defected from the Congress and joined the ministry. We will cite the Uttarakhand precedence and pray for their disqualification once the case comes up for hearing in the Supreme Court in July,” a Nagaland state Congress source said here.

The party has enlisted the services of senior counsel and party leader Salman Khurshid to take up the case in the Supreme Court. “It is a good case for us to win,” the source said. The Supreme Court on May 9 refused to put on hold the disqualification of nine rebel Uttarakhand Congress legislators and ruled that they could not be allowed to participate in the trust vote sought by the Harish Rawat government. The Uttarakhand High Court earlier upheld their disqualification by assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal under the anti-defection law.

In Nagaland, Congress sources earlier alleged that eight separate petitions submitted to the assembly speaker for their disqualification did not yield result.

The eight members of the assembly claimed they had “merged” with the ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) but the Congress state unit maintained that “no notification was received” from the speaker on whether the eight legislators had merged with the NPF or whether the speaker had accepted their merger with the NPF. The eight members elected on Congress tickets in 2013 are S.I. Jamir, Tokheho Yepthomi, C. Apok Jamir, S. Hukavi Zhimomi, Imtiwapang Aier, Imtikumzuk, Eshak Konyak and Khekaho Assumi.

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Demand for leadership change can only be made through appropriate forum: Kiyanielie

all out for an early and permanent settlement, which is acceptable and honourable to the Nagas.

Meanwhile, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Kiyanielie Peseyie on Wednesday said demand in change of leadership within the party cannot be termed as anti-party activities, only if, such a demand is made within the four walls of appropriate party forum.

The Minister, while reacting to statements from suspended NPF members on the issue of anti-party activities, maintained that demand for leadership change should be made through appropriate party forum such as the CEC of the party, or NPF Parliamentary Party, and not in public forum or through the media.

“When party legislators have decided who the leader would be and when

a duly elected leader is at the helm of affairs, repeated attempts to de-stabilise the party-led Government and attempts to divide the party set-up by organising concentration-like camps for the dissatisfied party MLAs can only be termed and considered as antiparty activity, and no political party in the democratic world will ever condone such activities,” the Minister asserted.

Maintaining that all political parties are governed by the party constitution, and the Government too, is run within the ambit of the laws and the Constitution of India, the Minister therefore said no legislator or party functionary is above the law and the Constitution.

By practice and tradition, if anyone crosses the limits, show cause notices are served to them, and if replies or/clarifications

are satisfactory, or apologies made for misdeeds, there are always provisions and ways and means for reconsideration, the Minister said.

He however pointed out that if anyone openly challenges the established party system, the only option left for the party leadership is to take disciplinary action- “And such action, such as suspension orders served, is not to be taken to the public domain for debate and discussion in the marketplace because such an action, in itself, is an anti-party activity.”

On the directive that legislators inform the Chief Minister of their movements from the capital, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister defended that this was done in order to curb unnecessary expenditure due to uncontrolled movement of the Ministers, Advisors and Parliamentary Secretaries both within and outside the State.

Further, the Minister said this would ensure discipline as well as to ensure that they do not go out of station for trivial matters.

‘Challenges faced by Nagas vary from the mainland’ call for dispensation of justice Our Correspondent Kohima | June 1

Several IAS, IPS, NCS, NPS and allied service probationers (2014 batch) gathered here today at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) to familiarize themselves with specifics of Nagaland state.

This was part of a two week long common induction programme, which started today and will continue till June 14. The Department of P&AR has made this programme mandatory for all civil servants as they enter into service in Nagaland.

“This programme is essential to understand

the people and society where we will have to deliver as government servants,” said ATI Director, Lithrongla G. Chishi.

The probationers will be briefed on Naga polity & Naga national movement, 16 Point Agreement, Article 371 (A), re-looking at the Naga society, Nagaland Code etc.

Chishi said the training module of induction, foundation and professional training programme for NCS and allied services officers were reviewed and it was decided that all cadre officers of the state will go through the common induction programme along with the NCS

and allied service officers for two weeks at ATI in August 2013.

Chishi said the need for this was felt since the state of Nagaland has come about through a political dialogue and there are many state specifics where even the Constitution gives special provisions under Article 371 (A).

“The socio- ethnic aspect, and the political aspect of the Nagas are very much unique to the state,” said the ATI Director. She said as civil servants, one has to understand all these aspects to be able to deliver a just and sound administration, adding that the

challenges and problems faced by the Nagas vary from the mainland.

She also stated that being a hilly state with no industries, there is lack of manufacturing and service centres, lack of asset creation, unemployment and also moral issues need to be understood.

Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar meanwhile urged the officers to try to work within the rules and at the same time adopt safety of Mishikito gather outside the DC Dimapur office prior to submission of a repremechanism. He also urged Public sentation on Wednesday. (Morung Photo) the officers to follow the basic principles so that Morung Express News tary for Law and Justice, Er. This, the MVC said led whatever they perform will Picto was a witness to the to a commotion, alleging Dimapur | June 1 be easier and deliver good entire event of May 16. that one Hokheto “grabbed service to the public.

In this regard, the Mi- Kughaho Chophy (HD GB The Mishikito Village Council (MVC) today sub- shikito public has ap- Mishikito Village) by the mitted a counter complaint pealed the DC to summon collar and dragged him letter to the Dimapur Dep- the complainant and clar- around, which infuriated uty Commissioner (DC), ify the matter in the pres- the Mishikito public, rein reaction to allegations ence of both the parties in sulting in a wild momenNUTA-L President, Dr levelled by the Thilixu Vil- order to avert confusion tary scuffle.” The MVC furLanusashi, while exhort- lage Council (TVC) against “since arrest of wrong per- ther alleged that there was ing the gathered Nagaland the head GB of Mishikito son is against the principle firing during the incident.

University academicians village, D Kughaho Chopy of natural justice.”

“However, the whole inciand scholars, asserted that and one Khekiye D Chopy.

In a separate press re- dent would have been prethe university belongs to vented if the enOn Wednesthe people and it is our re- day, hundreds of forcement agency Mishikito Village sponsibility to make this people from Miturned up as inuniversity grow. shikito village Council submits counter formed,” the MVC However, he strongly gathered at the DC stated. lamented the lackadaisical office complex to complaint to Dimapur DC It further alattitude of the university submit the repreleged that on May administration who did not sentation, which called for lease to the media, the 16 at around 9:00 pm, “untake serious note of the is- “dispensation of justice.”

MVC informed that on identified miscreant/s sussue even after submission According to the repre- May 15, the council had pected to be from Thilixu of two representations and sentation signed by Chair- submitted a written re- Village made an attempt five FIRs. man, MVC, L. Atoshe Yep- quest to the East Police Sta- on the life of Kughaho ChoDr Lanusashi asserted tho, the mentioned two tion to send personnel to phy, HD GB Mishikito Vilone point: “We just want persons were “maliciously prevent “possible law & or- lage by firing lethal weapon things to be very clear… dragged” into the May 16 der problem on 16th May inside his private residence things to be resolved in a incident, wherein a violent 2016 at Mishikito village, followed by firing towards very respectable manner.” scuffle broke out during sensing the preparation the residences of Chairman The President of the the inauguration of a daily made by a small section of and Vice Chairman, MishiCentral Executive Council market.

Thilixu villagers to erect an kito Village.” It claimed that NUTA, Prof Sangyu, while It stated that the Mishi- illegal signboard inside the the police personnel from speaking at the protest, un- kito public was responsible official jurisdiction of Mi- East PS Dimapur reported derlined the seriousness of for the sequence of events shikito village (Vide Land on the spot and verified the the issue. He informed the that unfolded on May Revenue & Survey Office incident. gathered academicians 16 and not the Head GB Map LRSO) in connection Meanwhile, regardand scholars that the Naga- and Khekiye D. Chophy. with the inauguration of a ing the May 28 incident at land University Teachers “Therefore, if required, daily market.” the residence of Tokishe Association of all the three accusation should be levThe MVC alleged that Achumi, GB of Thilixu Vilcampuses are in solidarity elled against the Mishikito on May 16 an “illegal sign- lage, the MVS said that the with the NUTA-Lumami. public instead of pointing board” was found erected Mishikito Village Council/ The PGSU-L President finger to the wrong per- during the inaugural func- public “has nothing to do also extended full support sons,” the MVC asserted. tion of the said market “de- with it since the individual to the teaching faculty and Alleging that a few spite EAC Chumukedima’s involved acted on his own added that it would always leaders were misleading standing Order Vide No. behalf. Further, the indibe with the NUTA whenev- the public in order to gain REV-6/2007-08/c/604-607 vidual involved is not even er any issue about the uni- momentum, the MVC said Dated 14/02/2011 (remov- a resident of Mishikito vilversity arises. lage.” that Parliamentary Secre- al of sign board).”

nUtA lumami protests harassment & assault Morung Express News Lumami | June 1

Dissatisfied with the response from the Nagaland University (NU) administration on the harassment and assault meted out to students, staff members and faculty by some miscreants in the Highway between Mokokchung and Nagaland University, Lumami on May 19, the Nagaland University Teacher’s Association, Lumami (NUTA, L) staged a peaceful dharna at NU, Lumami campus, by wearing black ribbons and putting up posters on cars and walls.

According to official reports, some unidentified miscreants halted the university bus and vehicles on May 19. The miscreants allegedly abused the university professors and students, and pelted stones for no known reason.

In a memorandum to the Chief Rector, Nagaland University, the NUTA (L) expressed concern that the miscreants “had the temerity to enter the university campus on May 26, 2016, and threatened individual teacher with dire consequences on the pretext of tendering apology, if

A poster put up by Nagaland University Teachers’ Association (NUTA-L) in protest against the harassment meted out to the professors and students on May 19, 2016. (Photo by Toshi Kichu)

complaints against the assault were not withdrawn.”

“Such occurrence within the university premises deeply vitiates the academic environment by creating an atmosphere of unrest and anxiety,” it added.

The NUTA (L) lamented that even after eleven days since the incident the miscreants are yet to be apprehended by the concerned authorities. It reminded that the association has written several representations to the Nagaland University authority but no redressal measure has been taken.

“The lackadaisical attitude of the Nagaland University authority and its failure to protect its own students, staff and teachers itself further creates disillusionment among the university community,” the NUTA (L) added.

In protest, the NUTA (L) put up several banners at the Nagaland University – Lumami campus with the phrases: “We are harmless academicians”,“We want security”, “We demand action from authority” etc, which accentuated the displeasure of the academicians who wore black ribbons.

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NAGALAND

NPCB issues waste disposal suggestions to slaughter houses

DiMapur, June 1 (Mexn): The Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) has suggested way to dispose waste produced from the slaughter houses in Nagaland.

In a press note, NPCB pointed out that waste from slaughtering animals is comparatively less in Nagaland as hardly anything is wasted, except the dung, horn, teeth, hoofs and blood (in case of halal system). However, it said, proper care should be taken to maintain a clean environment.

The waste produced from slaughtering animals, it suggested, can be turned into manure by composting and can be sold/used for agriculture and horticulture purpose. For this technique, a pit can be dug near the slaughtering places and the dung from the cleaning of the innards and blood can be deposited in the pit and then covered with a layer of earth.

This process can be continued till the pit is fully filled.

Then a next composting pit can be dug and continued similarly.

After some days when composting is complete, it can be dug out and used as organic manure, the note said. This method if properly executed, NPCB said, will keep the environment around the slaughtering place clean, reduce flies, control odour and give additional income from the sale of manures.

The Board further noted that there is one slaughter house in Dimapur equipped with modern facilities for butchering and disposal of waste scientifically, including a sewage treatment plant. Besides this, butchering activities are unorganized and in a very small scale. The press note ended with a message to avoid cruelty to animals and be hygienic.

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Free medical camp at Monyakshu Agri seed farm minor irrigation

project at Merapani inaugurated

A large number of people gather to avail the free medical camp at Monyakshu village under Mon District on May 31.

Mon, June 1 (Mexn): A free medical camp was held successfully at Monyakshu village under Mon District on May 31. The camp was organized by the Village Health Committee along with the Administration Monyakshu Hq with technical support from the CMO Mon and Eleutherous Christian Society.

The team was led by Dr Nyamnyei konyak, MO, PHC Angphang and Dr Tova, MO, PHC, Longphang along with other technicians and nurses from PHC Longphang and

Changlangshu.

EAC Monyakshu Hq Sentilong Ozukum informed that Monyakshu village in spite of being one of the biggest villages under Mon District is yet to have a Primary Health Centre and most of the poor patients do not have the resources to go to Mon town which is more than 130 km away for treatment.

The EAC has extended appreciation to the CMO Mon and ECS Tuensang for their untiring support to provide basic health care in the sub division. This was

the third successful health camp in the region in the last couple of months.

In a press release, Phaiba Konyak, President Monyakshu Village Students Union extended appreciation to the EAC Monyakshu Hq for his relentless effort to improve health, sanitation and education under Monyakshu subdivision. He also thanked the CMO Mon and ECS for their generous help.

A total number of 217 patients registered for the camp and administered treatment and free medicines.

Merapani, June 1 (Mexn): Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control Department, N Jacob Zhimomi inaugurated agri seed farm minor irrigation project at State Seed Farm, Merapani, Wokha, on June 1.

The programme was chaired by Er. Njilo Kemp, Chief Engineer, IFCD and the technical report presented by Er. Kughaho Sema, Superintending Engineer, wherein he stated that the project was completed at a cost of Rs. 449.995 lakh funded under AIBP to irrigate a culturable command area of 300 ha.

Dziesatuo Suokhrie, Director of Agriculture, gave a short speech where he thanked the department of Irrigation & Flood Control for the project and stated that it will give assured irrigation and also help the State Seed Farm in the production of certified seeds.

MoU was signed between the IFCD and Agriculture Department and the project was handed

The Agri seed farm minor irrigation project at State Seed Farm, Merapani, Wokha inaugurated on June 1.

over to the Agriculture Department for their use and maintenance henceforth.

Speaking on the occasion as chief guest, Jacob Zhimomi, Parliamentary Secretary, IFCD, encouraged the two departments to work togeth-

er stressing on the importance of convergence programme. He also exhorted the farmers and public leaders to adopt certified seeds of the farm for increased food crop production.

The programme end-

ed with vote of thanks by Er. Hutoi Sema, Executive Engineer, IFCD. The programme was attended by ADC Merapani, Additional Director Agri, Merapani Village Council members and officers of IFCD.

Wangkhao College gets new building after 33 years

Mon, June 2 (Dipr): The new academic building of Wangkhao Government College was inaugurated by Director Higher Education, I. Alempokba as the chief guest on June 1 at Wangkhao Government College Mon. The chief guest unveiled the plaque and declared the new academic building to be used. Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest said that, it is a day to rejoice, a significant day, a significant month and he believed that there is a definite plan from the creator above as Jesus lives

for around 33 years and the College has its new academic building after 33 years after its establishment. He then called upon dedicated students, professors and land owners to work together, to nurture and to transform to a very high technical learning educational centre. He urged the faculty to conceptualise, to change and bring innovative ideas to enrich the education and to create the new atmosphere so that no student will have a wish to study in other institution outside the district.

The chief guest urged

the gathering to set strategy, to talk, to discuss and set goal to achieve hundred percent result so as to transform to a centre of excellent learning. He also reminded the students to be sincere and hardworking as there is 'no shortcut to success, but only hardwork'.

Talking to the teaching staff he requested the Vice principal to present clean and clear attendance of the teaching staff regardless of their cases. He also assured the people of Mon that soon there will be Science stream introduce in Wangkhao Government College.

The New Academic building was constructed under SPA scheme 20102011, with W. Atick Manpurhu as the contractor. The contractor also donated 12 chairs for the staff in the New Academic building. The inauguration programme was chaired by Asst. Professor, L. Temlei Shonpurhu, offered dedicatory prayer

by Rev. J. Tenwang Konyak and VP, WGC, Tonwang Konyak gave the welcome address, C. Wanmei Konyak presented special song and Asso. Professor Dr. K.N. Nekha expressed words of gratitude.

One of the government schools in Dimapur wears a deserted look due to the indefinite total cease work called by All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) and the Nagaland Secondary Schools Field Officers’ Federation (NSSFOF) starting June 1. The cease work protest is part of the two organization’s 2nd phase agitation against the State Government’s failure to address the issue of total bifurcation of Elementary/Secondary from the Higher Secondary sections. (Photo Courtesy: ANSTA Dimapur Unit)

Thousands of trees, flowers RSZ to launch poster campaign “The RSZ would like to respond to June 1 (Mexn): planted in Phek Town TseMinyu, The Rengma Selo Zi (Youth Organi- both the GON and GOI through this zation) will be conducting a massive poster campaign on ‘RSZ good road my basic right’ within the stretch of 40 KM to 72 KM between Tseminyu Hq. and Wokha on June 4 from 9:00 am onwards in support of the Rengma Hoho and Lotha Hoho calls for indefinite bandh of National Highway 61 on failure of the Government to respond to the two HOHOs ultimatum.

While informing this in a press release RSZ President, Kenneth Rengma said that the National highway 61 was abandoned by the State Government and Ministry of Road transport Phek Town Youth Society members participate in the plantation day on May 28. and Highway for more than a decade.

poster campaign as to why a presidential road like NH-61 was abandoned by the Government for such a long time,” Kenneth stated.

The RSZ expressed its dismay upon the Government agencies for all the excuses and fault promises, while the Ministry itself announced to complete 40 KMs of Road construction at National Highways in a day.

“The RSZ shall expose all its dissatisfaction to the state Government and Ministry of Road Transport and highway through this poster campaign and see that justice prevails in this biggest democratic country in reality or not,” added RSZ president.

phek, June 1 (Mexn): In continuation of its mission 'Clean-Green Operation', Phek Town Youth Society (PTYS) observed Plantation Day on May 28.

All PTYS officials, Clean-Green teams, church youth leaders, chairmen, GBs and volunteers from all the eleven colonies of Phek Town participated in the mass plantation drive, where more than 2000 tree saplings and more than 5000 flowers of different varieties were planted along the road from Bible Hill colony to Clock Tower junction, a press release from Clean-

Rev. Ahoto Evangelist, Niholi H. Shohe A/Dean Nito Theological College, Ghosheli Jimo CED Secretary, Zhekheto Aeomi, chairman, SBAK Council and Women Secretary Kuholi Chishi. Zhekheto Awomi Chairman SBAK Council was the resource person for May 31.

Dr. Hutton Sumi, principal Nito Theological College was the resource person for Bible study. Moderators/ Chairpersons at the seminar were Child Evangelist Kalivi jimo and Media-Coordinator Obeto Achumi.

Green Operation informed.

The tree saplings and ornamental plants were provided by the Divisional Forest Officer’s office. The release further informed that PTYS will be launching 'Goodbye Plastics' and 'Smoke Free Town' ceremony on June 3 at Hospital Junction under Clean-Green Operation.

The same will be launched

by Azo Nienu, MLA at 11:00 am.

Therefore, the Society has requested all the public to extend support and participate in the said programme.

Total of 40 students from the Bachelor of Theology class and 35 from the Master of Divinity class graduated on May 31 at Kohima Bible College. Rev Dr Shiwoto Assumi, Senior Pastor NCRC (Sumi) addressed the graduation ceremony while Rev Zotuo Kiewhou, Principal conferred and awarded the Degrees to the Class of 2016 and Abeiü Neihulie, President presented the Special Awards. Vebu Khamo from the Master of Divinity and Akhonuo from the Bachelor of Theology received Academic Achievement Awards.

Church leaders spouse seminar held

ZunheboTo, June 1 (Mexn): Two- day Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu SBAK (NM) Women Department successfully conducted church leaders spouse seminar under the theme, ‘Unite & Serve God’ on May 30-31 at Natha New Baptist Church.

About 60 spouses from different churches under SBAK attended the seminar. The speakers were Rev. Hukugha Zhimo, Executive Secretary SBAK and Rev. Ghoheto Tuccu Evangelist while the resource persons were

As a precursor to the World Environment Day to be celebrated on June 5, 2016, the Youth Ministry of Ungma Baptist Church is observing ‘environment week’ from June 1 to 5. Seen in the picture are members of Youth Ministry UBC pasting car stickers as part of their sticker campaign and creating awareness on environment and conservation of biodiversity in the society on the first day of the environment week. (Morung Photo)

Kidima Village Level Org observes foundation day

Participants during the Kidima Village Level Organisation foundation day cum inauguration of office held on May 28.

kohiMa, June 1 (Mexn): The Kidima Village Level Organisation (VLO) under Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods

Mission (NSRLM) held its first foundation day cum inauguration of its office on May 28 at Kidima Village Council hall with Se-

labeituo Theünuo, Block Program Manager (SVEP) NSRLM Jakhama RD Block as the resource speaker.

Addressing the congre-

gation, Selabeituo highlighted that ever since NSRLM’s intervention in Jakhama Block, a total amount of Rs. 1.3 crore has

been channelized to the SHGs and VLOs for promoting livelihoods of the SHG members. He also stressed on the importance of taking up multiple income generation activities to promote livelihood as depending on a single livelihood alone will not able to uplift one’s social status.

Earlier, the VLO office was inaugurated by Vitsituo Mepfhü-o, Senior Area Coordinator, NSRLM Jakhama Block. Short speeches were also delivered by Visuto Yore, VCC Kidima Village, Vitseituo Mepfhüo and Nokule Kiso, while the program was chaired by Kikropole, Secretary VLO. Around 200 SHG members and well wishers attended the program.

Meanwhile, similar programs are being held in all the villages under the Jakhama Resource Block.

Executive Secretary Rev. Hukugha Zhimo, Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (NM) along with his staff visited the United Sangtam Baptist Lithroti Ashimukhong Yangli Mission Centre. Sharing and interaction from both the Association was held during the short fellowship.

State Kisan Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland organized an awareness programme on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Government Middle School, Zeliangrong, Dhobinala on June 1. The State Kisan Morcha distributed leaflets stating some basic cleanliness civic sense and handed over dustbins to the school authority and sweets were offered to the students. State President, Lima Longchar and Vice President Aren Imsong spoke during the programme which was attended by Rangaulung, GB and VEC Member. The Morcha had also distributed around 10000 leaflets on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in various areas in and around Dimapur.

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REGIONAL

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Non-locals in Imphal forced to stay indoors Newmai News Network Imphal | June 1

Non-locals in Imphal were forced to stay indoors as the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) imposed a 48hour ‘curfew’ on non local community as the committee flustered over the Manipur government’s delay in implementing three ILP related bills.

Police were deployed in large numbers in and around Kwairamband bazaar, including Thangal bazaar and Paona bazaar, the main commercial areas of the city in view of the stringent restriction. No shops were opened due to the stay-at-home restriction on Wednesday.

Normal functioning of government offices was paralysed due to a separate curfew imposed by the committee intensifying ILP stir. All government establishments are expected to remain disrupted till June 3.

The resort comes amidst preparations for polls to Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) tomorrow, Thursday. The polling will take place from 8 am till 4 pm across 27 wards. JCILPS says non-locals should not be allowed to take part in the election process.

Women wing of JCILPS has also banned all types of vendition and doing labour job by non-locals. The restriction is likely to remain in force until ILP bills are

converted into Acts.

The women wing convenor Thongam Apabi said here yesterday it would also ban renting out room, house or apartment to non-locals until the demand was met.

Sensing more trouble, the state government has declared holiday for all educational institutes in the valley. The committee’s student wing has been leading students in the campaign for implementation of ILP in Manipur.

Many young protesters, mostly students, have been injured in police crackdown and many of them are now under detention. The intensified ILP stir continued unabated on Wednesday.

NAGALAND BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION KOHIMA

NOTIFICATION No.14 /2016 Dated Kohima, the 1st June 2016

No.NBE-8Ex-Result/2016-17: It is hereby notified for information of all concerned that upon post publication rescrutiny of HSLC Examination 2016 result, the following changes are effected: (i) Ms. Orenvungi Ngullie bearing Roll no. 1610291 of HSLC Examination 2016 and a student of Northfield, Khikha, Kohima is placed at 16th rank (d) in the top 20 list. (ii) She also secured the highest mark i.e., 100 in Science subject.

Sd/- Asano Sekhose, Chairman

EXCEL COACHING & COMPUTER CENTRE Regd. No. Home-SRC/6646 DATE 19-12-2013

ADMISSION FOR 2016 & 2017 BATCH : Coaching For

• Repeaters & Regulars • Class – 10 ( all subjects) • Class – 12 ( Arts, Science & Com.) “All subjects’’ • NPSC/UPSC ( Prelim & Main) • SSC, Banking, Railways etc.

• Computer courses : CCA, DCA, DTP, PGDCA, TALLY • Spoken English & Hindi, Soft Skill, Stenography & Typewriter • Special Coaching : CBSE/ NBSE ( Phy, Che, Maths, Bio) for Cl-X, XI, XII • Music : Guitar, Violin, Piano

Attached Hostel for both Boys & Girls

Contact : KOHIMA Mission Road, Near Police Station Ph:0370-2290672,9863143388,9436071373

DIMAPUR City Tower, Near Lotha Church Ph:03862-248030,9436830572,9436831033

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND KOHIMA: 797 004

NOTIFICATION

Dated Kohima, the 1st June, 2016 No.DTE/ESTT-2/2/2016-17// In pursuance to Government approval No. HTE/ TE/1- 25/05(VOL-I) dated 1st June, 2016 and the ordinance promulgated by the Central government on 24.05.2016 on conduct of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEM), the State of Nagaland shall conduct its own entrance examination for admission to MBBS and BDS courses.

In this regard, the State of Nagaland will conduct Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE-II) 2016 for selection of candidates to fill up state reserved seats in MBBS and BDS courses for the session 2016-17.

NISEE 2016 conducted on 12th May 2016 will be treated as NSEE-I, the results of which will he considered for selection of Agri. and Allied courses and paramedical courses.

It is therefore notified to all concern that NBSE will conduct MEE-II for selection to MBBS and. BDS only. The exam will be conducted during the first week of July.

The detail examination programme will be published by NBSE, Nagaland in due course of time. Application form will be available free of cost in the office of the undersigned from 3rd to 20th June 2016. Forms will be accepted by hand only.

(Er. Arjun Singh), Director

Regd.No: 275/16

AFFIDAVIT

Dated: 01-06-16

I, Shri. D. Tholu Poumai, aged about 51 years, son of Late S. Dani, resident of House No. 823, J. Sector, Diphupar 'B', P.S. Diphupar, Dimapur 797 112 Nagaland, India do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as under: 1. I state that I am the biological father of (1) Miss Alicia Limachhinai Dhovee, age about 15 years, (ii) Miss Jacqueline Flora Dhovee, aged about 14 years, (iii) Miss Silvera Suiti, aged about 12 years, (iv) Miss Loretta Peukhonai Dhovee, aged about 10 years and (v) Master Ratho Christopher Dhovee, aged about 7 years.

2. I state that my full official and academic name is Shri D. Tholu Poumai and I am also called and known by my nick name Shri.

Lincoln Dhovee.

3. I state that in the Central Board of Secondary Education Certificate of my daughter Miss Alicia Limachhinai Dhovee, passed out from Delhi Public School, Dimapur and in the academic records of my daughters and son studying at Delhi Public School, Dimapur, my nick name Shri. Lincoln Dhovee has been inadvertently recorded in the father's /Guardian's Column instead of my actual and academic name Shri. D. Tholu Poumai.

4. I state that all my children mentioned above shall be called and known by their respective names, daughters and son of Shri D. Tholu Poumai and not as Shri. Lincoln Dhovee respectively for all intents and purposes and for which I wholly renounce/ relinquish and abandon the use of my former nick name and in place thereof I do hereby assume from this date my official and academic name Shri D. Tholu Poumai.

5. I state that the purpose of evidencing my such determination I hereby declare that at all times hereafter I shall in all records, deeds and writings and in all proceedings, dealing and transactions, private as well as official and academic name Shri D. Tholu Poumai in place and in substitution of my former nick name Shri. Lincoln Dhovee.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 1st day of June 2016 at Dimapur, Nagaland.

Notary Public, Nagaland

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Interim bail for AR Colonel IJU protests NIA notice to Manipur newspapers DelHi, June 1 the production of the press President, SN Sinha; Secreaccused of gold bar robbery new (Mexn): The Indian Jour- statement photo copy with tary General, Amar DevuAizAwl, June 1 (PTi): Colonel Jasjit Singh, the suspended commandant of 39th battalion of Assam Rifles and one of the main accused in the sensational robbery of smuggled gold bars, was today released on interim bail by a local court.

Aizawl District and Sessions Court judge Lucy Lalrinthari, who had earlier rejected the bail plea, granted Singh interim bail for 60 days. Singh's counsel told the court that he had sustained injuries during a battle and required to continuously take physiotherapy which was not possible inside the prison.

The commandant was arrested on May five after returning from leave for allegedly being one of the masterminds in the highway robbery of 52 smuggled gold bars worth Rs 14.5 crore on December 14 last year on the outskirts of Aizawal town by personnel of AR's 39th battalion.

A former student leader and transporter Lalmuanawma Mathipi reportedly employed by gold smugglers and a non-tribal businessman Bulaki Chand Baid, who were also the main accused in the case, were earlier released on bail on health grounds. One civilian and nine AR personnel are still in judicial custody at Aizawl district jail.

nalists Union (IJU) has strongly protested against the notice issued by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to some newspapers published from Imphal, Manipur asking them to produce the photo copy of the press statement with its e-mails header, sent by the CorCom. The press release had claimed that it captured six weapons from the security forces during the May 22 Chandel ambush where six AR jawans were killed. The news of the incident was published in both local and national media.

In an order signed by an Inspector, the NIA said

e-mail header was necessary for its investigation.

“We strongly feel that the action of the NIA is gross interference in free and independent functioning of the media... It is not acceptable and the central probe agency should immediately withdraw the order issued to the local media editors,” a joint statement from IJU

lapalli; and Press Council of India (PCI) member, K Amarnath said reacting to the NIA notice.

The IJU leaders urged upon the PCI to take suo motu cognizance of the notice of the NIA to the Editors of Manipur media and suitable action to defend the freedom of the press in the sensitive state of Manipur.

OFFICE OF THE YAJANG ‘A’ LANU MENDEN P.O. Longchem, District: Mokokchung, Nagaland

DECLARATION

Date: 01/06/16

Over the past three and a half years the Yajang ‘A’ youths have supported and worked hand in hand with the NPF Party of 30th Alongtaki A/C. The Yajang ‘A’ Lanu Menden (Youth Forum) strongly express dismay over the Press Statement published on the local dailies on 01/06/2016 by the NPF 30th Alongtaki A/C office that the Yajang ‘A’ youths are not a member of the party and disowning us from the NPF Party. The Yajang ‘A’ Lanu Menden (Youth Forum) held a meeting on 1st June 2016 and decided to join hand with the BJP and give unflinching support to the BJP Party at all levels.

Further it is also notified that if there is any queries from any group or individuals on the issue, the office of the Lanu Menden (Youth Forum) Yajang ‘A’ Village gives here days notice to come and clarify before us.

Sd/- IMKONGYANGER Secretary, Lanu Menden, Yajang ‘A’ Village

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND: KOHIMA

No. DHFW-5/23/TRG/NSG/2009-10/3560 – 67

Dated, Kohima the 31st May' 2016

ADVERTISEMENT Application are hereby invited from local intending candidates for undergoing Training in General Nursing & Midwifery (GNM) and Female Health Worker (FHW) for the session 2016-17 for the 4 (Four) Schools of Nursing in Nagaland as indicated below.

1. Minimum and maximum age for admission will be 17 — 30 years on or before 31st Dec 2016.

2. Student shall be Medically Fit, Medical Fitness Certificate to be attached from Government Medical Officer.

3. Application Form duly filled up along with necessary documents and 3 Nos of passport photos duly attested by Gazetted Officer may be submitted along with the Schedule Tribe and Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate which is compulsory for all while submitting the form.

4. Original educational qualification/documents should be produced before the interview board as and when called for.

5. No separate calling letter will be issued.

6. Issue of Application form - 6th June to 30th June' 2016 7. Last date of submission of forms - 18th July' 2016 8. Issue of Admit Card - 26th July to 2nd Aug' 2016 9. Date of written test GNM - 9th Aug' 2016 (Morning) Oral 18th Aug' 2016 10. Date of written test FHW - 9th Aug' 2016 (Afternoon) Oral 19th Aug' 2016 11. Venue of written test - NPSC Hall, Kohima 12. Course details- A. (GNM) i. Male and unmarried Female candidates ii. 3 (Three) years course, 60 (sixty) seats. iii. Qualification — 10+2 any stream with 40%, preferably Science B. (FHW) i. Unmarried Female candidates. ii. Two years course, 20 (Twenty) seats. iii. Qualification — 10+2 any stream.

Forms will be available during Office hour at the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare (Room No.210) at the cost of `100/- only.

SD/- DR. L. WATIKALA AO Principal Director Dte. of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland, Kohima.

NOTICE

Consequent upon opening of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellness Centre at Kohima by MoH&FW, Govt. of India under the administrative control of Addl. Director, CGHS, Guwahati, the CGHS Wellness Centre at Kohima will provide comprehensive medical care facilities to the Central Government employees and pensioners and certain other categories of persons covered under the Scheme.

With this Objective, the Additional Director CGHS, Guwahati invites representatives from all Central Govt. Offices (Preferably HOO/ HOD), Central Govt. Pensioners, Recognised Associations, Coordination Committee members (two representatives from each organisation) to participate in an interactive meeting to be held on 8thJune 2016, 11.00 a.m. at Paramedical Training Institute Conference Hall, Merhulietsa, Kohima, Nagaland. For any other query, the CMO I/c, CGHS WC, Kohima may be contacted at 0370-2242041.

Addl. Director, CGHS, Guwahati

In The Court of 1st Class Magistrate Jalukie: Nagaland

AFFIDAVIT Regd. No. 774

I Mrs. Ngahnei D/o Lunkai a resident of Lilen PO & PS Jalukie, Peren Dist. Nagaland hereby declared that: 1. I am the deponent of this affidavit.

2. That the name Ngahnei and Neinu is of same person.

3. I hereby declared that my correct name is Ngahnei and shall be used for all official purposes in the future.

Deponent 1st Class Magistrate

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Business establishments in Dimapur informed Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): All business establishments in Dimapur are informed that World Environment Day would be observed on June 4 (Saturday). Therefore, all business establishments in Dimapur are directed to observe the Day by cleaning inside and outside their business premises for 2 hours from 6:00 am to 8:00 am on Saturday. DCCI President Hokivi Chishi further directed that no business establishments would be open before 8:00 am on the day in view of the social work. The DCCI requests the public to cooperate with the business community in this regard.

DCCI informs on biodegradable plastics Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): In regard to the ban order issued by the Dimapur Municipal Council on the use of non-biodegradable carry bags and enforcement of biodegradable plastics, the DCCI directs all business establishments in Dimapur to comply with the order. Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industry President Hokivi Chishi in a press release informed that in the event of the responsible authorities conducting surprise checking and imposing penalties against the defaulters, the DCCI will not be responsible in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, those business establishments that are still using nonbiodegradable carry bags are directed to immediately stop its usage complying with the DMC order in the interest of clean environment.

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Financial literacy camp held in Tenyiphe-1 Dimapur , June 1 (mexn): Nagaland State Cooperative Bank Ltd (NSCB) organized a financial literacy camp cum banking service program at Tenyiphe-1 Village on May 29. The programme emphasized on banking facilities in order to make people attain credit worthiness in order to avail credit facilities available with the Bank, informed a press release from NSCB. VK Disong, Nodal Officer (FIC), NSCB in his keynote address presented the overview of activities and various facilities available in the NSCB and its concept. He requested the people of the village to cooperate with the bank and avail maximum benefits in the interest of the bank and for the development of the village.

He also urged the people to utilize the facilities provided by the Bank sincerely, so that people will be self dependent financially and economically

Participants during the financial literacy camp cum banking service program at Tenyiphe-1 Village on May 29.

developed.

Nolesa Zhotso, Head GB of the village thanked the Bank for organising such pro-

gramme thereby opening their eyes. He said NSCB is the first Bank to come to their area to highlight banking activities

and facilities available for the people. He further assured full cooperation and protection to the NSCB Branch.

ATMA Dhansiripar block conduct demo Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): ATMA Dimapur Dhansiripar block conducted demonstrations on May 31 at Zutovi Village on ‘Value addition on horticultural crops’, ‘The art of Bonsai Making’ and ‘Capacity building on Seed storage and Management’ with Zevosano ATM, Medziphema block, Kheshevi, Bonsai expert and Longshithung Lotha, Technician, Seed Testing Lab, Agriculture Department, Dimapur as the Resource person respectively.

Zevosano demonstrated the step by step procedure on how to make value added products of horticultural crops (tomato sauce and chilli pickle). Kheshevi gave a detailed demonstration on how to make Bonsai, its management and importance.

Importance of moisture in seed storage, methods followed for storing different agriculture and horticulture seeds were explained to the farmers by Longshithung.

The programme was chaired by Jess T. Murry, ATM, Dhansiripar Block and the vote of thanks was delivered by Meciesunu Sakhrie, ATM, Dhansiripar Block. Participants from Zutovi, Pimla, Ghowoto and Shoxuvi Village attended the programme.

Guv’s award presentation on June 8 Banking service programme at Ghokuto village Mass social work in Noklak Kohima, June 1 (Dipr): The Controller of Examination, NBSE, Rangumbuing Nsaranbe has informed that the function for presentation of the Governor’s Award to the Toppers and felicitation of Rank Holders of the HSLC and HSSLC Examinations 2016 by the Governor of Nagaland, P.B. Acharya, will be held on June 8 at the Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Kohima at 11:00 a.m. Therefore all the Rank Holders and invitees are requested to note the date and attend the function positively.

ZBCD Youth Dept honour students Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The Youth Department of Zeliangrong Baptist Church Dimapur (ZBCD) conducted a felicitation programme for the successful students of class 10, 12 and B.th and M.Div on May 29. The programme started with a prayer by Asst. Pastor Dinggailung Panmei, followed with exhortation by R. James Gonmei, Y/Advisor, and certificate presentation by Wilungbo Chawang, Y/Director.

SSP records 100% pass percentage peren, June 1 (mexn): Sainik School Punglwa recorded 100% pass percentage in the CBSE Class X examination 2016. All 93 students, who appeared in the examination, “passed with flying colours,” according to a press release from the school. 95% of the school cadets scoring first division; two of them scored a complete 10 CGPA and four others scored 9 CGPA and above. “Cadet Punyo Rika and Cadet Mari Riba made the school proud with a score of 10 CGPA,” the release said. Earlier, the school also celebrated its students’ impressive performance in Class XII results. Cadet Menangchang secured a commendable overall percentage of 85.4% with PCMB and is the school topper. Group Captain Sanjay Gaekwad, Principal, Sainik School Punglwa lauded the efforts of its staff for going the extra mile with the students.

UT-1 NNC denounces

Dimapur, June 1 (Dipr): Financial Literacy Camp cum banking service programme was organised at Ghokuto village on May 31 to emphasize on banking facilities in order to make people attain credit worthiness to enable to avail credit facilities available with the banks.

Head GB Ghokuto Village Council, Shikavi delivered the welcome address and expressed gratitude to

the banks for arranging such programme thereby opening their eyes and commented that NSCB is truly concerned for the development of Nagaland. Nodal Officer (SIC) NSCB, V.K Disong greeted the people on behalf of NSCB and in his keynote address presented overview activities and various facilities available in the NSCB and its concept and requested the people of the village to

Farmers trained on use of bank loan & recycling of credit Kohima, June 1 (mexn): The Council of Rengma Baptist Churches (CRBC), Zunpha in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) conducted an awareness programme on joint liability group and farmers’ club with the objective to ensure proper end use of bank loan and recycling of credit.

Progressive farmers from six villages under Tseminyu and Chunlikha blocks of Kohima district viz. Chunlikha, Henbenji, Tsonsa, Tseminyu village, Nsunyu and Likhwenchu were adequately sensitized

during the programme which was conducted in the Conference Hall of CRBC, Zunpha on 31st May 2016.

Accordingly, the participants decided to form Farmers’ Clubs in their respective villages with support from Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Kohima and banks.

The members of Farmers’ Clubs will in turn be encouraged by CRBC to form into activity based Joint Liability Groups of 4 to 10 members each for taking up Income Generating Activities (IGAs) by availing bank loan without collateral but purely on the strength of peer partner-

leisure

ship. This approach will ensure proper utilisation and repayment of bank loan thereby creating a win-win situation for stakeholders including banks.

Appreciating the role of Farmers’ Clubs, Puhovil, Branch Manager of Nagaland State Cooperative Bank (NStCB), Tseminyu branch also conveyed the willingness of his bank branch to extend necessary support to JLGs promoted

by CRBC. Speaking on the importance of timely repayment, he also appreciated the recent support extended by CRBC to his bank in the recovery of overdue

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Consumer Society Dimapur holds meeting Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The General Assembly of the Consumer Society Dimapur held a meeting on May 30 and resolved to commission the founder of the Society, Tokheho Aye as the Chief Advisor to the Board of Advisors. The General Assembly also resolved to let the present office bearers, executives and members continue to hold the office for another tenure/term, a press release from the Society informed.

B. Ed trainees visit NE Art Camp and Museum Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The B. Ed trainees of Unity College of Teacher Education along with the principal and faculty visited the ongoing North East Art Camp and Museum at NEZCC, Dimapur. The trainees interacted with the national and international artists participating in the camp. Robert James, the president of the Rengma Cultural and Films Society Ltd, which is organizing the event, emphasized on the importance of painting and sculpting and bringing together upcoming artists to work together. Introducing Drama and Art in Education in B. Ed syllabus is encourages uplifting the art and drama in our society, a release said. It also makes the teachers more dynamic in the classroom interaction by way of acting as an actor and artist, it added.

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loans. Striking a similar note, Gwakenye Tep, Chief Co-ordinator of Phenwhenyu Farmers’ Club, Phenwhenyu village also shared the efforts made by their Club to improve the repayment climate including recovery of overdue loans in their village.

Hini Tep, Secretary and Arhunlo Semp, Development Secretary, CRBC pronounced the invocation and chaired the meeting respectively. Longma Yanger Pongen, KVK Kohima, Puhovil, Branch Manager, NStC Band Bendang Aier, AGM, NABARD attended as resource persons.

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Kohima, June 1 (mexn): The Union Territory-1 of NNC Parent Body has denounced Kiumukam Yimchungrü accusing him of creating “division and confusion” all the time at the UT-1 area with few members after getting expelled from NNC Parent Body. A press release from H Sumi, Chairman, UT-1, NNC Parent Body stated that Kiumukam should not be supported by anybody, but condemned in toto. “Instead of doing something good for the people, he (Kiumukam) is real trouble maker spreading confusion, disunity, hatred in the Naga society,” the release alleged. It further said that he formed the ‘Government Democratic Republic of Nagaland’ without constitution with a few members.

peren, June 1 (mexn): The 3rd general assembly cum election of Village Chairmen Union Peren District was held on May 25 at Hotel Tamzaipa, Jalukie Town. Maisaing and Miucham were appointed as session Chairman and Secretary respectively. The meeting had a thorough deliberation on several issues and agendas, a press release received here informed. Meanwhile, the house re-elected Namgong as President, Peramthinlung as General Secretary, Bidusai Thülü-o as Treasurer, and 14 executive members. Several other posts were also filled.

cooperate with the banks and avail maximum benefit for the development of the village.

AGM, NSCB J. Khehoto Assumi highlighted on the available schemes in the bank and urged upon the people to utilize the facilities provided by the bank so that the people will be self dependent financially and economically. After the programme 54 saving bank accounts were opened.

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Tuensang, June 1 (Dipr): Mass social work with special focus on cleaning road side drains was conducted in Noklak on May 28 as per the direction from the Chief Secretary.

All citizens at Noklak Hq participated at the social work, where all signboards of department offices and shops were replaced. The administration at Noklak Hq led by EAC HQ Peniang and DBs inspected in and around Noklak Hq during the social work.

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Union Cabinet approves for more foodgrain allocations for Nagaland new Delhi, June 1 (ianS): The union cabinet on Wednesday approved additional monthly allocation of 41,800 tonnes of foodgrains for poor families and 20,507 tonnes for others in states like Kerala, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu where the food security act is still not implemented.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to approve allocation of 41,800 tonnes of foodgrains for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families at BPL rates in these states.

According to official sources, similarly, 20,507 tonnes of foodgrains for Above Poverty Line (APL) families would be available at two-third of minimum support price (MSP) rates to these states.

This additional supply is for the period from April to June, 2016 or till implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA)

by the respective states "whichever is earlier", an official source said.

The NFSA, which has come into force from July 5, 2013 and provides for coverage of two-third population, based on the population estimates of 2011, for receiving wheat at Rs.2 per kg and rice at Rs.3 per kg.

"It was expected that the Food Security Act would be implemented in all the states or union territories

by March 2016 and beneficiaries under Targeted Public Distribution Systems (TDPS) would get highly subsidised foodgrains," an official source said adding additional foodgrains for BPL and APL families have been approved for 33 states and union territories.

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Nagaland are still getting allocation of foodgrains under the erstwhile TPDS. "These states are in the process of implementation of NFSA in the coming months," the source said.

NAGALAND HPC recommendations Defence Minister Parrikar's 'Implement on illegal and multiple taxation' statement on AFSPA is a lie: NNC

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The Naga National Council (NNC) today stated that the Union Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar’s recent statement that the armed forces cannot operate in civilian areas without the AFSPA is a “lie” as security forces are “well stationed in the best area/places of city, town, and even villages in the Northeast region.”

“Their Forces are well stationed in the very heart of all these above mentioned places with immunity creating fear psychosis to the people and carrying out their very policy since 1958. Who were and are supposed to be stationed in the border areas are in fact stationed in public and populated places in the

region this far. These are all policy of political suppression and oppression of the peoples' right for freedom,” the NNC stated in a press release issued by its Information & Publicity Wing.

The NNC stated that the Indian leaders in Delhi were and are “afraid” of their armed forces since whoever is in Government cannot exercise their political power in speaking out the truth about excesses committed by the armed forces under AFSPA. It also lamented that the successive leaders failed to repeal the AFSPA even though its repeal was recommended by their constituted commission, human right organizations and the United Nations.

The NNC pointed out that the Act has been imposed in the North East Region, especially in Nagaland from 1958 till date, “to suppress and oppress Naga people in particular of their inalienable right to freedom and the North East people of their political rights. And these are all inhuman and barbaric way of dealing with human problem for the last more than 60 long years being the largest democracy in the world.”

The North East people and the Naga people in particular suffered the most under the AFSPA, it added.

The NNC appealed to the people of the world to condemn the draconian law for peace and freedom to prevail in the region.

Demanding Govt Law College in state, NSLF to stage dharna Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The Nagaland Law Student’s Federation (NLSF) has decided to hold dharna in all their respective college units to pressure the Government for establishment of a Gov-

ernment Law College in Nagaland on priority basis.

This was decided during the federation’s 3rd Federal Assembly held at Tourist Lodge Dimapur. The NLSF, in a press note informed that the assembly also re-

solved to pressure the Government with regards to the delay in constitution of High Court building at Merema, Kohima. Further it decided to make it mandatory for every law college to follow proper dress code of their

convenience. Meanwhile, the NLSF informed that the federation’s 7th Biennial Conference will be held in the month of October 2016, hosted by the Kohima Law College Students' Union (KLCSU).

UIDAI conducts training on Aadhaar Seeding in Kohima Hearings on Nagaland CM’s number such as Job Card education case on June 14 number and UID. Our correspondent Kohima | June 1

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) today conducted training on Aadhaar Seeding for Data Base Managers, APCs and Computer Assistants under Department of Rural Development at the RD Directorate conference hall.

UIDAI has been established with the mandate to provide a Unique Identification Number (Aadhaar) to all the residents of India.

It also offers an authentication service that makes it possible for the residents to authenticate their iden-

Resource persons of the training on aadhaar Seeding held in Kohima on June 1.

tity biometrically. Further, UIDAI also provides e-KYC services through which the KYC can be performed electronically with precise authorization by residents.

It may be mentioned that Aadhaar Seeding is a process whereby UIDs is added to the database of beneficiaries and where each beneficiary is identified by beneficiary

The training focused on the objectives and features of Aadhaar and the pre-requisite for Aadhaar Seeding. The resource persons also discussed the issues and problems relating to Aadhaar and clarified doubts with the trainees.

The resource persons included Deputy Director General, UIDAI, Regional Office, Guwahati, L.K. Pegu, Assistant Director General UIDAI, Piyush Cheliya, IEC Manager, UIDAI, Mitun Chakraborty and Deputy Director, UIDAI, Kuldeep Pegu.

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Peren has set the date for hearing the ongoing cases concerning the educational qualification of Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang on June 14.

Two orders, copies of which were made available to the media, were passed on May 31, 2016 by the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Peren, pertaining to two complaint cases against the Nagaland CM. In the two separate or-

the officials and staffs of Medical Department, Power Department, Public Work Department (PWD), and Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), the release said. It opined that the absence of staff quarters is the reason for the absence of government employees in their posting places.

The meeting also appealed to the School Education Department to avoid transfer of teachers to other towns and villages. SAPYF also highlighted their mission towards the uplift of Saptiqa area and development of its people.

The youth forum further resolved that it will not remain a silent spectator till the government grants the due share that is meant for Saptiqa area, the release added.

(mexn): The Anti-Corruption and Crime Investigation Front Nagas (All India working organisation under Gol) today stated it has found out during spot verification that the Government approved contractors and suppliers are selling the food and other supplies meant for the poor in the open markets and mills instead of reaching to the targeted beneficiaries.

Besides, it alleged, some Head of Departments and agencies are also found to be involved in the anti-poor activity.

A press release from N Mar Longkumer, Secretary General, Anti-Corruption and Crime Investigation Front Nagas (ACIF) Nagaland stated that the organization is fully determined to eradicate all “anti social

Tree plantation marks 78th CRPF 31st raising day Our correspondent Kohima | June 1

A tree plantation marked the 31st raising day of 78th Battalion CRPF at Sechü Zubza. Neeraj Yadav, Commandant, 78th Battalion CRPF, Sechü Zubza said the idea behind the plantation drive was to conserve the environment and make a green country.

300 saplings were planted in the camp this afternoon with the first plantation made by Commandant Neeraj Yadav.

Cultural extravaganza also marked the occasion.

The occasion also witnessed volleyball, basketball and badminton events on May 31 and the winning teams were honored with trophies today.

78th Battalion CRPF started functioning on June 1, 1985 in pursuant to GoI, MHA letter No. 12013/1/85/PE-IV dated 22/5/1985 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu under the leadership of PK Menon, the first commandant of the battalion.

After basic training, all the service Coys of the battalion were deployed for anti-militancy/ counter

activity a “serious case of crime against humanity,” it asserted that the people involved should be awarded befitting punishment and a case should be registered in the court for necessary action to the extent of “imposing both penalty and nonbailable imprisonment or suspension of any officials from their respective post or cancel their contract/ supplier orders.”

ACIF further cautioned that if any shop or mill

volved in the corruption, the entire items shall be seized and the persons will be awarded similar penalty as mentioned above.

Besides if anyone is found to be guilty of such unfair means, the release said, he/she will be held solely responsible and no business association or union will be allowed to interfere in the matter as the business is being run by individual.

“The ACIF which works

government has spent a huge sum of money amounting to Rs 47, 88, 476 on the HPC, the NPRAAF stated that its findings cannot be simply shoved under the carpet. “Whether acceptable or not, or whether there have been any anomalies, the report has to be made public since the HPC was constituted out of public demand.”

The NPRAAF also urged the government to clarify on the excess amount of honorarium/ salaries paid to the HPC Chairman and two of its members. The monthly honorarium/salary for the Chairman was Rs 1,00, 000 and Rs 50, 000 each for the other two members, it pointed out. Given the fact that the HPC took almost 10 months to complete and submit its final report, the 10 months honorarium/salary for the Chairman should be Rs 10, 00, 000 but the government paid Rs 12, 00, 000. That is an excess of Rs 2, 00, 000, the NPRAAF said.

It further noted that the 10 months salary of the two members at the rate of Rs 50, 000 per month should be Rs 5, 00, 000 each but the government paid them Rs 6, 00, 000 each. That is an excess of Rs 1, 00, 000 lakh each thus totalling the excess payment to HPC at Rs 4, 00, 000 for honorarium/ salary alone.

ders, the Court took the direction of the Gauhati High Court to have a fresh start in the case with hearing on limitation with regard to the case filed with JMFC Peren, while the case that was transferred from JMFC Kohima, the court will follow the case to be heard on limitation.

The JMFC, Peren further directed that the sum- Purple Fusion vocalist mons to the respondent, Nagaland CM, be made in loses battle with cancer person (dasti) to ensure Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): Lamtsala Sangtam, the that the services of the vocalist of “Purple Fusion”, a folk fusion band which has summons are affected. popularized Naga folk tunes and chants to the rest of the world, passed away this very evening in Kohima. She was detected with cancer in December 2014 and has been battling the disease since then.

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Meeting stresses on hardships ACIF alleges corruption in food, other supplies meant for poor caused by absence of EAC in Saptiqa Dimapur, June 1 activities.” Terming the owners are found to be in- towards eradicating such Zunheboto, June 1 (mexn): Saptiqa Area Progressive Youth Forum (SAPYF) had a consultative meeting with all the departments under Saptiqa Administrative Circle on May 30 at Saptiqa Town.

The meeting discussed the delay in deputing EAC to Saptiqa by the State government even after three and half years of declaring the town as EAC Headquarter, a press release from SAPYF President, Ahito Achumi and Secretary, Joshua Swu said. The failure of the state government to depute EAC, the meeting noted, has brought untold hardships to the departments in particular and the public of the area in general.

SAPYF also expressed concern over the absence of government quarters for

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) today expressed concern at the delay on the part of the Nagaland State Government to implement the findings and recommendations of the ‘High Powered Committee on Illegal and Multiple Taxation’ which had submitted its report on June 10, 2015.

The detailed findings of a committee, a press note from the NPRAAF said “cannot be wilfully shelved icy cold on the pretext of examination by yet another committee.”

It informed that the active examination of the HPC report by a Committee headed by Chief Secretary reflects two points: “Either (a) the state government did not trust the findings of the HPC that dedicatedly travelled places and met different strata of society to come out with its final detailed report. Setting up another committee to examine the report of an earlier committee is a clear sign of undermining the report of the previous committee or; (b) The government is not committed to implement the findings and therefore adopting delay tactics by setting up unnecessary committee to examine HPC report.”

Pointing out that the

anti-social elements shall stand firm and fight with those corruption activities as per the provision of the prevention of corruption act,” it added.

Meanwhile, all public leaders responsible, organizations, individual citizens have been appealed to extend full support and assist the field staffs of ACIF on duty, so as to bring positive changes in the society and for the welfare of common citizens in general.

NNC to continue ‘one govt. one tax’ Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The Naga National Council (NNC) President, Gen. (Retd) Thinoselie M. Keyho today affirmed that the NNC upholds parliamentary democracy and the principle of one man one post.

In a press release, he stated that the NNC will continue to maintain ‘one Government one tax’ as in the past and requested all sections of the people to give their co-operation. The NCC will not collect any tax except membership fees and any free and voluntary donations/contributions, he said, adding all other permissible taxes will be collected by the Federal Government of Nagaland under Kedahge Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya.

AR apprehend alleged arms peddler

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): Troops of 32 Assam Rifles with police representatives apprehended an alleged arms peddler in Ura villa village on May 27 around 12:00 Program’s main focus is on am. A press release informed that illegal/unauthorized the government employees arms and ammunitions were recovered from the house of the various state depart- of the arrested person identified as Ansar Ali during a ments with NIELIT Kohima house search carried out on May 26 around 11:00 pm. as the enforcing medium, One 7.62 mm Pistol with magazine, two live rounds of 7.65 mm, and one rounds of 9 mm (misfired) were rehe said.

Er. Lanuwabang also covered from the house of the accused, the release said. highlighted the benefits The apprehended person along with all the recovered and importance of IT skills items was handed over to East Police Station, Dimapur and knowledge and told for further investigation, it added. the trainees to embrace the training constructively, so as to implement their skills and knowledge in the Meetings & AppointMents workplace, for a smooth efficient, transparent system. World Environment Day Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) has informed that since World Environment Day (June 5) falls on Sunday this year, it has been decided that the World Environment Day will be observed on June 4 with a mass social work for 2 hours (6:00 am- 8:00 am) throughout Nagaland. A release from NPCB Member Secretary has appealed to all the citizens of the towns and villages to cooperate and participate in the mass social work to make Nagaland a cleaner state as notified earlier by the Deputy Commissioners of the respective districts.

ICT skill training underway in NEILIT Kohima Kohima, June 1 (mexn): The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Kohima organized an orientation for the “ICT Skill Training Program” under the theme- “Preparing Northeast for Digital India”.

The 1st and 2nd batch of the training have been successfully conducted and the 3rd batch commenced on June 1. Altogether, there are 40 trainees representing eight government departments.

Er. Lanuwabang, Director i/c, NIELIT Kohima, mentioned that the training is part of the ongoing nationwide Digital India initiatives undertaken in association with National e-Governance Division NeGD, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India and the Dept. of IT & C, Govt. of Nagaland.

The ICT Skill Training

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Rejoinder by Konyak National Workers on Khole’s statement

“Konyak National Muivah? And in 1996 Mr. region secretary Mr. WangWorkers” would like to shed Muivah wrote you a letter chai and VG post comsome truth and seek clarifi- for a meeting to discuss the mander of Laonyu village cation from Mr. Khole, for- present Naga problem. But Mr. Kaisa? For what and mer commander in chief, instead you said "When did which operation did you NSCN/GPRN apropos to Muivah descend from heav- send Capt. Thongo, Lieut. the article published on 4th en? I heard he was in heaven Chingtok, 2nd Lieut. KaiMay 2016 in The Morung therefore I will not meet him." nyem and party?

Express.

If you, Mr. Khole "nevBefore 2011, the Konyaks Why and how did NSCN er harbored any wrong rallied behind you and resplit in 1988? The Tangkhul thoughts or misguided the spected you but aftermath national workers including Nagas of both Myanmar the year 2011, lost confiseven high ranking officers and India" why in 1989 dence in you. The Konyaks were killed during the 1988 did you threaten the en- seeks clarification and as if, movement, did they come tire Konyaks of dire conse- we Konyaks national workalong or you alone reached quences if they cooperate ers are still with and will Muivah? or join folds with Muivah? never part with our beloved Neeraj Yadav, commandant, 78th battalion cRPF, Sechü You suspended Sgt. Maj. What was the motive leader Mr. SS Khaplang.

Zubza plants tree sapling during the 31ST raising day of Yathrae, Chanlan defence behind the killings of Dy. Issued by, 78th battalion on June 1. Morung Photo MIP, NSCN/GPRN-K commander, for not killing Kilonser Mr. Peyao, Konyak insurgency/ law & order sam, West Bengal, Uttar duties in various parts of Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, The Morung Express “Public Space” is to provide space for diverse opinions to be expressed and heard. The opinions in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views the country, namely Pun- Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, and and position of the newspaper nor the editor. jab, Mizoram, Bihar, As- Jammu & Kashmir.

Committee on Estimates The first meeting of the Committee on Estimates (20162017), Nagaland Legislative Assembly will be held on June 10, 11:00 am in the Committee Room of Assembly Secretariat, Kohima to take stock of works and to chalk out the work programme for 2016-2017.

Central Naga Tribes Council The Central Naga Tribes Council will have an Executive Council meeting on June 7, 11:00 am at its central office in Dimapur to discuss some important matters. All executive members and office bearers have been informed to attend the meeting without fail. No personal information will be issued in this regard, the Council said.

DPDB Kiphire DPDB Kiphire meeting for the month of June 2016 will be held on June 8, 10:00 am in the DC's conference hall.

All the members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 150

By Abokali Jimomi

Continuing the Art of Naga textile weaving

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aga textile weaving is one craft domain in which our women exercise exclusive artistic freedom and power, passed down from mothers to daughters. In Naga craft traditions it is taboo for men to weave textiles—it is believed that weaving could make men effeminate disabling them to pursue ‘manly’ activities such as hunting and war. Thus, weaving has always been a women’s thing; a creative outlet, a woman-space to explore imaginations and innovate.

It feels good as women, in our context, to have a sense of complete ownership of an important knowledge system.

Each Naga textile embodies specific cultural meaning symbolizing identity, status and achievements; more than just a piece of textile, it carries our cultural information. The value and significance of our rich and precious Naga textile heritage cannot be stressed enough.

Weaving is a livelihood source for many Naga women. It helps women provide healthcare, education and food to their children in rural households. It has also helped create many successful Naga women entrepreneurs and women co-operatives whose loin loom products now cater to wide clientele of VIPs, tourists, buyers even outside the state and country.

The indigenous method of creating a textile was a household activity and a laborious process – growing cotton, hand-spinning, dye-making and weaving. Unfortunately, the traditional practice of growing cotton and use of natural fibres, hand-spinning and natural dyeing dwindled with the arrival of chemically dyed synthetic yarn resulting in the loss of indigenous knowledge and material diversity in the absence of documentation of the processes. On the bright side, of late, cotton cultivation and natural dyeing is gaining attention is some parts of the state.

Naga loin loom weaving (now using rayon, polyester, acrylic, nylon etc.) is still a living craft, thankfully due to demand for traditional attires by locals and the value attached to ‘handmade/handwoven’ products. However, in recent times, cheaper versions of mass-produced imitation have flooded the local market and with younger Nagas having limited access to learn weaving, specifically the traditional costumes, our hand-woven craft knowledge should not lose out to mechanisation and cheap imitation.

Timely intervention by the Government, Hohos and communities will preserve and revive indigenous knowledge, processes and skills as well as protect the cultural meaning associated with textiles so that important traditional ceremonial costumes and accessories are not abused or disrespected by cultural misappropriation.

It would also be a step towards maintaining ecological balance, preserving biodiversity and material diversity to promote indigenous fibre-yielding cash crops and dyestuff.

A study on Naga textile traditions highlights that our craftspeople have always been nature sufficient for all materials but industrialization disturbed this sensitive and intricate relationship causing a drastic growth in the dependency on urban markets. The study observes that there is opportunity to relieve the urban-market dependency while enabling our women and rural cooperatives to create crafts of higher value which can generate sustainable livelihood to the craftsperson, at the same time conserve and restore indigenous skills. This would also help develop sustainable home-grown economy and respond to occupational migration of agricultural communities to cities and urban areas.

To comment, please write to abokali.sumi@gmail.com

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Rina Chandran Thomson Reuters Foundation

Girls code to tackle challenges of slum living

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dolescent girls in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi are battling the daily challenges they face, one mobile app at a time. Tutored on laptops donated by friends of Nawneet Ranjan, a filmmaker who set up a charity in Dharavi, the girls are embracing technology to confront issues ranging from their safety to garbage in the sprawling slum in India's biggest city.

"Girls and women suffer the most in a slum, as they often have no resources and are not aware of their rights," said Ranjan, who studied filmmaking in the United States before returning to Mumbai.

"I wanted to teach the girls how to use technology to get ahead," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a bare room that serves as the classroom. About two dozen girls were seated on the floor, tapping at laptops or reading.

The girls are building apps they hope will be used by slum dwellers to make their lives easier - by allowing them to send a distress call if a woman is being harassed, a message to civic authorities when garbage needs clearing, or to receive an alert when it's their turn at the communal water tap.

India is one of the world's largest software services exporters. Global and local technology companies hire tens of thousands of English-speaking college graduates every year at modern campuses in cities such as Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The spare room in Dharavi where Roshani, Ansuja, Sapna and Nahek learned to code is a far cry from those glassand-chrome offices and from global movements such as Girls Who Code and Girls in Tech, aimed at getting more women into technology. Ranjan's Dharavi Diary project began with 15 girls. It has grown to more than 200 now, and includes boys and mothers of the children, as well.

"I like building apps. Knowing how to use a computer, to write code is important for getting a good job," said Ansuja, a slight and articulate 15-year-old.

"I want to build an app that can help fight child labour, because these are children younger than us and instead of studying, they have to work," she said.

After school every day, there are lessons in maths, science and arts besides computers, and a game of football most evenings in the playground across the street. During the summer holidays, children stream in and out of the brightly-painted room all day. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made girls' education one of his priorities, with a nationwide campaign. A long-delayed plan to redevelop Dharavi envisages tearing down the shacks and building apartments for the residents, who live beside open drains and with no running water.

"They see so much every day - domestic violence, drug abuse, child abuse, poverty. Their parents are taxi drivers and domestic workers, and these kids are usually the first in the family to go to school," said Ranjan.

"But every family has at least one smartphone, and that's why I thought of using technology. Technology is such a leveller, and it gives them such confidence," he said.

The girls picked the issues they wanted to address and built the apps in groups of four each, using open-source software. Their apps include one for women's safety, one for water conservation and one on education.

For Ranjan, watching the girls interact with visitors and showing off their apps on a tablet or mobile, is evidence that even limited resources can be put to use.

"It's frugal innovation at its best," he said.

"With the right resources and mentoring, they can do so much more. And these can be applied in slums, in cities everywhere."

C O M M E N T A R Y

Garga Chatterjee

NEET—promoting ‘educational apartheid’

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he Supreme Court of India has revived from death the spectre of a common medical entrance examination for all medical colleges. Ostensibly, this common entrance examination called National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) is to create a level playing field. Wideranging protests, rail-rokos and even clashes with police across many nonHindi states (Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, among others), vehement opposition from students, doctors (especially rural doctors associations and Indian Medical Association state branches), parents, non-commercial educationists, political parties and even social justice organizations as well as opposition from non-Hindi state governments have by now demonstrated that many fear that the effect will be exactly the opposite. They fear that this will give huge advantage to students of Delhi-headquartered boards like CBSE – who also tend to be more urban, richer, more uppercaste, less likely to be from non-Hindi states and not having the principal language of non-Hindi states as their first language. In short, they will be unrepresentative in a way that will deepen already existing inequities that exist along various axes of class, caste, language, location and rootedness, among others. Many fear this will destroy prestigious state boards as we know them.

While the NEET judgement was in response to admission related corruption in private institutions, other reasons have been offered in its support. They include the relief this will provide students giving multiple entrance tests, lessening of corruption in the admission tests due to supervision of Medical Council of India and CBSE and finally, the purported desirability of a common syllabus, which will ensure that similar grades of physicians are produced all around (a ridiculous idea, since medical entrance exams don't make doctors, MBBS exams after admission do).

Firstly, most major states already held their own state medical entrance exam. Private medical colleges are not located in air but on the soil of some state. A simple solution would have been to admit students through already-existing state medical entrance exam. States like West Bengal and others have nearly 4 decades of experience of organizing transparent medical entrance exams. Why the excuse of corruption somewhere be used to change admission policies everywhere is beyond understanding.

Capitation-fee corruption for management quota of private institutions is a headache only for people who can pay in tens of lakhs and even crores; in short, not even 5% of the students who take medical entrance exams. It’s a problem of the upper-middle class and the super-rich which obscenely fancies itself as the “common man”.

On the question of relief to multiexam taking students, it’s important to take note of reality. What proportion of all medical entrance test takers across all states do they form and who are they? It is astonishing that no such data has ever been presented – likely because anecdotal experiences suggest that this is a very small proportion of students.

Let us get some numbers. Across multiple AIIMS institutes, their com-

mon entrance test attracted about 1 lakh students last year. This figure is under 10% of the medical college admission seekers across all states. Just in Maharashtra, about 4 lakh students took the CET exam this year (http://indianexpress.com/article/ india/india-news-india/sc-to-hearreview-petition-challenging-neettoday-2786761/). When we compare to number of all Class XII science students across all states, irrespective of entrance-taking, the percentage become negligible. And even among that small minority, CBSE like central-board students are hugely overrepresented in this multiple entrance test taking class. The fact that the NEET judgement might imply science syllabus changes across many boards, tells us how the stupendous majority is being victimized and marginalized for the convenience of a tiny minority. Among the major characteristics of this minority that I mentioned earlier, what stands out is the board- CBSE. It is the CBSE syllabus that will be followed for NEET. Is this the largest board in Indian Union? No. Just Maharashtra state board has more Class XII students compared to CBSE all over the Indian Union. If these statistics comes as a surprise to some of us, we need to seriously question our sense of standard and get out of our metro-centric Anglo-Hindi bubbles. Is that the 'best' board in some academic sense? Hardly so. Are students studying science at the 12th standard in the CBSE syllabus uniquely equipped with an understanding of the sciences that is unparalleled by the state-boards?

Or in other words if the state-boards are being forced to emulate the CBSE (in the name of aligning syllabi), is it something worth emulating?

By rigorous research work (published in Current Science, 2009) that reviewed the comparative performance of students from different boards, Anil Kumar and Dibakar Chatterjee, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, showed that when it comes to science proficiency, CBSE is not numero uno.

West Bengal board students did better than CBSE students in all 4 science subjects – Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Andhra Pradesh does better than CBSE in Mathematics

and Physics. By the same metric, Maharashtra is hardly the worst performing state as it was in NEET that was held in 2013 before it was scrapped.

Tellingly, neither West Bengal nor Andhra Pradesh were top performing states in the NEET. Independent nonCBSE excellence has thus become an albatross around their neck. The CBSE ‘pattern’ of syllabus has become the standard, even though research shows it isn’t the best.

About corruption and MCI, the lesser said the better. Its recent chief Ketan Desai was charged for giving affiliation to a private medical college. In 2015, the CBSE organized All India Pre Medical Test (AIPIMT) was cancelled due to widespread cheating (http://www.newindianexpress. com/columns/NEET-Returns-in-notso-Neat-a-Manner/2016/05/04/article3413743.ece). When a body such as the Ketan Desai-tainted MCI approaches the Supreme Court to fight corruption and SC employs the 2015 cheating-scam tainted CBSE to ensure a fair and free examination, we have to understand the deeper games being played.

CBSE schools are naturally very excited about the NEET (http:// www.thehindu.com/news/national/ tamil-nadu/cbse-schools-keenlyanticipate-neet-enforcement/article8567946.ece) as it hands their students a huge undeserved competitive advantage over the stupendous majority. After the NEET judgement, we are sure to see a mushrooming of CBSE schools everywhere and an exodus from state boards of the class who can pay for such private CBSE schools.

There is already a surge in the business of CBSE syllabus based coaching institutes (http://timesofindia.indiatimes. com/city/chennai/NEET-prep-inTamil-Nadu-turns-costlier-institutesjack-up-fees/articleshow/52159683. cms) – all of this is big and often corrupt business, but that doesn't seem to matter.

Therein lies the danger where the SC ruling is already creating a caste system between boards and forcing everyone else to align with the Centre which isn't necessarily the best as described earlier. Framed from Delhi, after ‘consultation’ (it has to be one of the most abused terms in a flawed

federal system), the CBSE based NEET syllabus favours those who have undergone their schooling and training in the CBSE/ISC framework, the syllabus being a vital component of that framework. State boards with syllabi that differ considerably from the CBSE are at an unfair disadvantage – they have to change or perish, for absolutely no reason. The viability or ‘worth’ of a board of education’s science syllabus then is not in how well it teaches science to the students but, incredibly, by how well it has adapted (or not) the basic framework of a Delhi-based boards’ syllabus. This will reduce the importance of the Class XII exam and we will increasingly see coaching institutes operating under the legal shell of a school.

This Delhi-headquartered board and Anglo-Hindi bias in so-called 'all India' medical entrances is not new.

Central board students (constituting less than 10% of Class 12 students) have till now enjoyed a de-facto 15% reservation in all medical colleges, as the syllabus of the AIPMT exam (held in Hindi and English only – though no MBBS courses are taught in Hindi) through which these seats were filled was modelled on CBSE syllabus and conducted by CBSE. So much so, that in West Bengal, students coming through this 'all-India' were from Hindi-belt central board schools almost to the last man and in West Bengal were referred to, simply as 'CBSEs' or 'Delhi boards'. Such a naked violation of the principle of natural justice and fairness went unchallenged as the positive beneficiaries of this provision constituted the unofficial first-class citizens of the Indian Union – typically well-to-do, urban, largely upper-caste Hindu males from Hindi-speaking areas studying in Delhi-headquartered school boards. Since Hindi areas have much lesser number of medical colleges per capita, the AIPMT is a system to lodge North Indian student in South and East India in disproportionately high numbers, under the innocuous dissent-stopping fig-leaf of 'All-India'.

The NEET seeks to create a hugely expanded version of this unjust dominance over all seats of all medical colleges in the Indian Union. Given the explicit bias, it is pertinent to ask, in which board do grandsons and granddaughters of the judges of the Supreme Court study? In which board do the sons and daughters of the lawyers defending the NEET, the functionaries of CBSE and MCI head-office study?

Does this class more closely match the social profile of people studying in central boards or state boards? What is the definition of conflict of interest in such cases? The Supreme Court ruling of holding a test under CBSE syllabus thus violates the fundamental legal principle of fairness. A state board student studying in non-Hindi mothertongue will have to compete against a CBSE student who has studied 12 years of incremental science syllabus learning. For example, in Tamil Nadu, the Biology syllabus is about 70% different between the state board and CBSE (http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/another-reason-neet-bad-ideawhat-about-those-who-dont-knowenglish-or-hindi-42665). Can a state be forced to change its board syllabus to align with central syllabus or otherwise risk playing in an unfair non-level playing field? That makes a mockery of the federal structure of the Indian Union constitution.

White House race: Who is most presidential?

Arun Kumar IANS

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the most presidential of them all? That's the question American voters are asking as they size up the three survivors in the White House race.

Supporters of "Dodging Donald" Trump, as critics call the Republican now sitting pretty with magical 1,237 delegates to lock the party nomination, have eyes only for the Manhattan mogul.

Diehard backers of mathematically-challenged "Crazy Bernie" Sanders, as the billionaire has dubbed him, have ears only for the self-styled Democratic socialist.

And "Clearance Merchandise," as a columnist described the Democratic frontrunner or "Crooked Hillary" Clinton, as Trump has branded her, too has her own legion of defenders of the faith. Poor Hillary, she thought her coronation as the Democratic nominee was a done deal despite an annoying Bernie snapping at her heels to the chagrin of the party establishment.

Then, a State Department independent watchdog's scathing report

on Clinton's use of a private server at home for official work as secretary of state sent her "drowning in emails" as the New York Times put it.

A gloating Trump "Celebrating 1,237!" was quick to rub it in. The report was "not good" for "Crooked Hillary." It was "devastating", said the master of a "fifth grade" speech.

Bernie supporters too saw in a parallel FBI probe i nt o C l i nt o n emails an "answer to their prayers" as the Times put it, as the former first lady's lead in the prized June 7 California primary quickly evaporated.

And when Senator Elizabeth Warren, a key supporter, took up cudgels on her behalf to suggest Trump was "drooling over the housing crisis", he dismissed her as a Clinton "Pocahontas" and again changed the conversation.

When the media questioned him about an "offensive" reference to a Native American notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, in the 17th century, an

unapologetic Trump quipped: "Oh, I am sorry! But Warren has a big mouth."

Going on late night comic Jimmy Kimmel's show, Trump also promptly accepted a suggestion to debate Sanders before the California primary.

"I would love to do that" in a massive arena, said the business mogul provided $10-15 million was raised for a charity with the promise of huge ratings for the host channel.

Then Sanders, who's peeved that Hillary Clinton was backing out of a planned Democratic debate, jumped on the offer. "Game on," he tweeted and boasted if Trump did not chicken out, the billionaire would be toast.

As the idea of what Democratic media strategist Brad Bannon called a "complete circus," of a novel inter-party debate, gathered steam, Trump did walk back. He first called it a "joke" and then said now that he had become the Republican top dog it would be "inappropriate" for him to debate the straggling Democrat.

Meanwhile, as Trump completed

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the "hostile takeover" of the Republican party with his magic 1,237, a vanquished "Little Marco" Rubio came out of hiding with an offer to release his pledged delegates "to be helpful" to Trump's campaign.

Hours later, Trump who once called Rubio a "joke," a "choker," and a "dishonest lightweight" who "couldn't get elected dog catcher in Florida," graciously pushed him to re-run for the Senate. "Important to keep the MAJORITY. Run Marco!" he tweeted.

And as the three White House contenders called each other liars and worse and unqualified to be the president, the Washington Times offered a novel insight into the making of a president sans pundits and pollsters.

Saying that "size matters", it noted the taller candidate has won the popular vote in more than two-thirds of the elections since 1950.

And by that measure, come November 8, Trump, who stands 6 feet 2 inches to Clinton's 5 feet 4 to 7 inches, according to varied calculations, would win hands down -- big or 'small' as "Rubio" once insinuated. Let "rattled" foreign leaders be forewarned!

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Philippine death squads very much in business as Duterte set for presidency Andrew R.C. Marshall and Manuel Mogato

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n May 14, five days after voters in the Philippines chose Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as their next president, two masked gunmen cruised this southern city's suburbs on a motorbike, looking for their kill.

Gil Gabrillo, 47, a drug user, was returning from a cockfight when the gunmen approached. One of them pumped four bullets into Gabrillo's head and body, killing the small-time trader of goods instantly. Then the motorbike roared off.

The murder made no headlines in Davao, where Duterte's loud approval for hundreds of execution-style killings of drug users and criminals over nearly two decades helped propel him to the highest office of a crime-weary land.

Human rights groups have documented at least 1,400 killings in Davao that they allege had been carried out by death squads since 1998. Most of those murdered were drug users, petty criminals and street children.

In a 2009 report, Human Rights Watch identified a consistent failure by police to seriously investigate targeted killings. It said acting and retired police officers worked as "handlers" for death-squad gunmen, giving them names and photos of targets - an allegation denied by Davao police.

But a four-year probe into such killings by the National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippines' equivalent of the FBI, hasn't led to a single prosecution, and one senior NBI agent told Reuters it will probably be shelved now that Duterte is set to become president.

The nation’s Justice Secretary last week told reporters the probe may not be able to proceed.

Such impunity, and Duterte's demands in recent weeks for more summary justice, could embolden death squads across the country, say human rights and church groups. Already there has been a spate of unsolved killings in nearby cities, with other mayors echoing Duterte's support for vigilante justice.

"We've seen it happen in Davao and we've seen copycat practices," Chito Gascon, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), an independent Philippine watchdog, told Reuters. "Now can you imagine he is president and the national model for crimefighting is Davao?"

Ask Clarita Alia, 62, who still lives in the Davao slum where her four sons were murdered, and she gives a mirthless chuckle.

"Blood will flow like a river," she says.

DENIES DIRECTING KILLINGS Duterte, who has been Davao's mayor or vice-mayor for most of the past 30 years, has denied any involvement in the murders. "I never did that," he said on the campaign trail in April, responding to allegations he had directed the killings. An Office of the Ombudsman investigation also found there was no evidence connecting Duterte to the murders.

He has, though, repeatedly condoned them.

For example, in comments to reporters in 2009, he warned: "If you are doing an illegal activity in my city, if you are a criminal or part of a syndicate that preys on the innocent people of the city, for as long as I am the mayor, you are a legitimate target of assassination.”

And more recently he has vowed to wipe out crime in six months across the country by killing criminals, drug pushers and "sons of bitches" after he takes office on June 30.

"Do not destroy my country, because I will kill you," the 71-year-old former prosecutor told a news conference in Davao on May 15.

He has also promised to restore the death penalty in the Philippines, warning he will hang the most heinous criminals twice: once to kill them, then again to "com-

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M A security guard peers over a wall decorated with a gun in a cooking pot and the phrase "Rice not bullets" in Davao, Philippines May 15, 2016. (REUTERS)

to be criminals," she said. "The mayor has already said there is no place for criminals in the city."

Driz described 15-year-old Bantilan as a "recidivist" with a "criminal attitude" who had been repeatedly warned to mend his ways. She said he had delivered drugs for a gang which had probably murdered him over a money dispute.

Lack of witnesses meant the three murders remained unsolved despite diligent efforts to investigate, Driz added. Responding to the Human Rights Watch allegations that the police conspire with the death squads, Driz said the police get the names of local crimON WATCH FOR ASSASSINS Reuters interviews with the families of four Davao inals through a public hotline but don't kill them. victims, one of whom was a 15-year-old, showed that murders continued even as Duterte campaigned for the CLOSED AND TERMINATED Human rights activists say official investigations of presidency.

All four killings occurred in the past nine months death-squad killings have been hampered by a lack of and bore the hallmarks of a loose-knit group that the witnesses, bureaucratic apathy and political influence.

The Human Rights Watch report called on the CHR locals call the Davao Death Squad.

The victims were shot in daylight or at dusk, three to investigate whether Duterte and other officials had of them on the same street in a riverside slum seeth- been involved or complicit in the deaths.

A CHR report three years later confirmed the "sysing with people. The killers rode motorbikes with no license plates, their faces hidden by helmets and masks. tematic practice of extrajudicial killings" by the Davao Reymar Tecson, 19, was executed last August while Death Squad. It, in turn, was successful in getting sleeping at the roadside. A week later, Romel Bantilan, the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate whether 15, was shot dead while playing a computer game less Duterte was criminally liable for inaction in the face of evidence of numerous killings. than 30 paces away.

But in a January 2016 letter seen by Reuters, the Tecson's family said Reymar was a drug user, but Ombudsman told the CHR its investigation was "closed Bantilan's family insisted that Romel was clean.

Romel had a twin brother, and their father, Jun Ban- and terminated" because it had found no evidence that tilan, said he had heard "rumors" that the other boy Duterte or the police were involved in the killings. The would be next. Most days Jun sits at the end of the street, letter also dismissed the death squad as a product of "rumors and other gossips". watching out for assassins.

The CHR report also triggered a probe by the NBI. Nearby, in her tumble-down shack, Norma Helardino still wondered why her husband Danilo, 53, was shot Four years later, it is still ongoing, an agency spokesman dead in January. He didn't use drugs, she said, although said. However, Secretary of Justice Emmanuel Caparas, who oversees the NBI, told reporters on Friday that the "maybe his friends did."

The police filed a report but Helardino said she saw status of the investigation was unclear because a key no sign of an investigation: "No witnesses came for- witness, a former gunman, had left protective custody. ward." When asked who her husband's killers were, she "It's really just a question now if the witness will surface," he said. pointed to her tin roof and said: "Only God knows."

And another NBI source, who requested anonymity The three dead males in the slum were "noted drug dealers," said Major Milgrace Driz, a Davao police because he wasn't allowed to talk to the media, said the probe was now likely to be halted. spokeswoman.

"Who will investigate the president?" he said.

"It is their destiny to be killed because they choose pletely sever the head from the body".

People here remember pre-Duterte Davao as a lawless battleground for security forces and Communist rebels. The city's Agdao district was so violent it was nicknamed "Nicaragdao" after the then war-torn Central American nation.

Today, thanks to Duterte's campaigns against drugs and crime, Davao today feels much safer, say the locals.

But it still ranks first among 15 Philippine cities for murder and second for rape, according to national police.

Poorest Countries Have Progressed but Fragile Countries have Lagged Behind Tharanga Yakupitiyage

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he world’s poorest countries are making development gains, yet challenges remain, particularly for so-called fragile countries affected by conflict or other disasters.

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) published a report this week ahead of a UN meeting to review progress made in developing countries over the past five years.

Known as the midterm review of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) the meeting will take place in Turkey on 27 to 29 May. Chief of UNFPA’s Population and Development Branch and one of the authors of the report, Rachel Snow told IPS that there have been many “big positive callouts,” especially in the area of health.

Since 1990, mortality rates of infants and children under five have decreased by more than half. In countries such as Cambodia and Bhutan, the under-five mortality rate decreased by over 75 percent, signifying better access to health and nutrition.

Maternal mortality rates also declined by 52 percent over the last two decades, UNFPA found.

However, access to secondary education still remains a challenge, Snow noted. This is partly due to lack of resources and infrastructure. It is also due to an “entirely different set of barriers” that girls and women particularly in regards to their empowerment and their sexual and reproductive rights.

In eight of the 48 LDCs, more than 50 percent of women between 20-24 years old were married before the age of 18. In Niger, the rate was over 76 percent.

“Child marriage means the end of schooling,” the review stated.

Snow noted that this contributes to intergenerational poverty traps. “[When you have] very large numbers of women and girls who are still married extremely young and can’t join education and formal employment, this creates intergenerational traps…which are difficult for countries to escape,” she told IPS.

Afghanistan is both a fragile country and a least developed country. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS

Within the category of LDCs is a group of fragile states that particularly lag behind in development.

According to Save the Children’s 2014 Mothers’ Index, which assesses the wellbeing of mothers and children, eight of the bottom ten countries are both LDCs and fragile states.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) also found that poverty is increasingly concentrated in fragile countries. By 2030, OECD estimates that over 60 percent of the global poor will be in fragile states.

Poor human development in these contexts is largely due to fragile governments’ weak capacity and inability to provide key services to populations. This makes them even more susceptible to economic shocks, environmental disasters and political instability.

After just two years, the newly formed nation of South Sudan, which already struggled with weak institutions and scarce resources, broke out into civil war which has since displaced over 2 million people and destroyed key infrastructure including hospitals and schools. Plung-

ing oil prices and low rainfall have also increased vulnerability to poverty and weakened food security in the country.

The World Food Programme has classified the East African nation as a level 3 emergency, one level below a famine.

As a result, the recent World Humanitarian Summit saw calls for increased attention and aid to fragile countries to advance development, prevent disasters and build resilience.

“We will only see…real lives saved when the major institutions are ready to invest in prevention and peacebuilding to reduce humanitarian need, take risks to fund people facing crises in fragile states,” said International Alert’s Head of Environment, Climate Change and Security Janani Vivekananda during the summit in Turkey.

While the focus on fragile states is important, World Vision International’s Director of Fragile Contexts and Peacebuilding Matthew Scott told IPS that fragility is not “binary” but is rather a “spectrum.”

“The focus ought to be on supporting communities, and what the broader context of fragility is that surrounds them,” he stated.

OECD’s Peace and Conflict Advisor Sara Batmanglich made similar comments to IPS, stating:“Shifting our lens to think more in terms of communities will not only present us with a different perspective on what is causing manifestations of fragility – for instance, high levels of violence – but will also allow us to find ways to support and bolster local forms of resilience.”

Such resilience-building includes access to good education and health as included in the Istanbul Program of Action, Snow stated. This will help people “cope and have the capacity to find a place of prosperity for themselves,” she told IPS. Though more aid can help fragile settings achieve such development goals, Batmanglich added that it’s also making aid better, smarter and more coordinated.

Scott also highlighted the need to shift approaches to better support communities, recounting that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were largely unsuccessful in fragile contexts.

“Approaching fragile contexts differently requires a multi-disciplinary approach that blends the best of relief, development, and advocacy,” he told IPS. “But when properly supported, [people] are also tremendously powerful agents of change in their communities,” he concluded.

The action plan, adopted in 2011 by LDCs, provides a path to “build human capacities” by fostering sustainable economic, social and human development.

“The overarching goal of the Programme of Action for the decade 20112020 is to overcome the structural challenges faced by the least developed countries in order to eradicate poverty, achieve internationally agreed development goals and enable graduation from the least developed country category,” the IPoA document states.

The document highlights the need to focus on the world’s 48 LDCs as they represent the “poorest and weakest segment of the international community” which limits the resilience of communities against shocks and crises.

ost people have never raised funds before, and even with all the advice out there it’s still a scary thing for many.

But this feeling can be overcome.

If you are to raise capital from others, it is extremely important that you have a clear vision and a carefully thought-out business plan that can be marketed---like what’s hot right now, which can meet customers’ needs or generate demands. Or better still, if you can show that you have had some successful business ventures in the past, there’s a very good chance others will be willing to loan you money. Investors, for example, like to work with proven winners, and will often invest in entrepreneurs who have previously made money. Or even if you don’t have any past business success, can you provide some evidence that your new business has started and is getting orders from customers? This is called market traction. If you can do this, then finding investors or lenders won’t be that hard---that is, you can more easily be on your way to raise a significant capital to scale up your business venture.

Otherwise, it’s best to wait the launch until you have at least something to show.

There are so many ways of raising capital, but the most common ones are as follows: Using Your Own Money for Your Own Business: Many successful entrepreneurs put nearly all their savings to start their small business, because they are fully committed and deadly serious about what they want to do. This is what catches the attention of lenders and investors. Conversely, if someone is not willing to invest in his or her own business, how can anyone else be expected to? So, the first place to raise capital starts with you.

Loans through Family and Friends: These are loans that you approach a family or a friend for--you ask for a certain amount of money with a promise to pay them back in the future. Of course, you may initially feel a bit nervous that it may sound like you’re begging or put your loved ones in an awkward position. But if you present your pitch professionally and treat them like real investors (because they are), it will most likely go smoothly even if you are turned down, which will sometimes happen because of some hardships in their lives. But invariably, they will all want to see you succeed. In some cases, these people could charge you a certain percentage of interest or could say to just return the same amount loaned. The downside to this kind of loan, though, is that personal relationships could be affected especially if you fail to pay them back on time.

Rotating Contributions in the Form of a Credit Union: This is a way of raising capital from within a group. The way this works is that five or more people would choose to bind themselves in an honor system for which each member would contribute money, say Rs.50,000. On a yearly basis and on a specific date, let’s say April 10 of every year, everyone in this group would be required to bring his share of the money. No excuses and no game playing. Once the Treasurer receives the money on the 10th, the Treasurer would then immediately disperse the funds to one person. The lump sum amount would be very helpful in carrying out the venture that you need the money for.

Loans through Financial Institutions: These are commercial loans that banks and other financial institutions grant to individuals or businesses.

In order to determine your eligibility, these institutions would normally require you to produce proof of all your outstanding debts, available assets, balance sheet, income statement, etc… so that they can make an analysis of your cash flow or debt-to-income ratio. Very importantly they look at your credit worthiness to determine whether or not you have a track record of paying your debts on time and if you can be really trusted with their money. An analysis of these items could provide a basis for your loan application to be approved or denied.

Government Loans: These are absolutely the best to get because of all the benefits they offer.

First, they offer very reasonable terms and very low interest rates. Second, government loans are generally more lenient to obtain than commercial loans, because government loans are usually granted as a way to help the marginalized or the most deserving.

Funding from Angel Investors: When you need funding for business start-up or for business expansion, angel investors can seem like a God-send.

However, raising money from angel investors isn’t as easy, or as simple, as it might seem, because angel investors are not average investors. They are highly successful entrepreneurs or business owners who are often willing to take more risk than most, in addition to investing huge amount of their money and also bringing you valuable industry experience, executive knowledge, creative ideas, and contacts.

But to be able to attract them, you must build a convincing case: a well thought-out business plan with a product that can meet a must-have need. Also, you must be able to clearly explain how your product has a clear competitive advantage over other similar products in the market.

No doubt, there are certain disadvantages to borrowing or taking loan. But as long as your borrowing can serve as a means to anend, its use can be justified … because you can certainly use others’ money to make a lot more money by financing your business, while paying others back in full from the business proceeds.

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Congress rejig on the cards? Buzz over Rahul Gandhi’s elevation, but no date yet New Delhi, JuNe 1 (hT): A renewed clamour to appoint Rahul Gandhi as the party-president has gripped the Congress, with leaders anticipating an imminent organisational reshuffle.

From Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh to young MP Sushmita Dev, a large number of leaders were batting for vice-president Rahul’s elevation even as there is no indication when the changes may take place.

The buzz comes at a time the Congress is facing tough questions over its electoral downslide in the aftermath of the 2014 general election debacle .

The party lost power in Assam and Kerala, prompting calls for a ‘major surgery’ by a section of leaders. It now wields power in just six states, with Karnataka the only large one.

Congress leaders have spoken publicly about the need for a change while dishing out the usual arguments about the infusion of fresh blood and more power to Rahul.

“Sonia Gandhi is a brilliant leader. I have said that she has been working (as

A perfect example of ‘dynastic politics’: BJP New Delhi, JuNe 1 (ANi): Taking strong exception to reports of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi being made the party chief soon, the BJP on Wednesday said this move would emerge as a clear example of dynasty politics on the part of those referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the ‘shahenshah’.

Taking a dig at the Congress president for referring to Prime Minister Modi as ‘shahenshah’, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Sonia Gandhi’s ‘shehzada’ (prince) being crowned is a perfect example of the ‘shahenshaiyat’ (dynastic politics).

“We are hearing news that Rahul Gandhi would be made the Congress president, it is their internal matter. But till yesterday Sonia Gandhi was referring to Prime Minister Modi as a ‘shahenshah’ and today we are hearing the news of her shehzada’s (prince) coronation.

The entire nation now is watching what the ‘shahenshaiyat’ (dynastic politics) actually is,” Patra said.

“After remaining the Congress president for years, she is now passing the mantle to her son. Is it democratic or undemocratic? Isn’t this ‘shahenshaiyat’ (dynastic politics)?” he added.

Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on his part dubbed the Congress as a ‘sinking ship’, adding the entire nation is aware of Rahul Gandhi’s caliber.

Sharma, however, said it is the internal matter of the grand old party.

According to sources, Rahul Gandhi will soon be crowned as the Congress president.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi waves to party workers during a protest march against the Delhi government over power and water crisis. (PTI File Photo)

Congress president) for the last 20 years. If she feels that time has come to give it to a new generation, then she should pass it on and we will fully support Rahul (to take over),” Punjab Congress chief Singh said on Tuesday.

All India Mahila Congress president Shobha Oza said: “The entire Congress has been waiting for this and we are very happy that Rahul Gandhi is going to become the party president.”

However, this is not the first time that there is a buzz

on Gandhi’s elevation, with such speculations doing the rounds last February as well.

Now, even as the whole party is prepared for a change and wants it to happen now, no one seems to have any idea when the new regime will take over.

“It must happen. But we have no clue about any possible date or time-frame,” said Rahul aide K Raju.

Raju is the chairperson of the Scheduled Caste cell of the party and is involved in almost all important decision-making process.

Another aide Jairam

Ramesh had recently said in a press conference that Rahul should become the Congress president.

“I hope it happens by this December,” he said when asked about the time.

Congress leaders such as Digvijaya Singh had been seeking Rahul’s elevation since 2014.

Congress insiders say that even though he is not the top boss of the party, Gandhi takes interest in decision-making, and most of the leaders have been asked to interact with him on party matters.

Dadri lynching: UP CM questions Modi releases Nat'l Disaster Management Plan Delhi, JuNe 1 among all the agencies and de- which will be beneficial not authenticity of Mathura lab report New (iANS): Prime Minister Na- partments of the government,” only for disaster management

luCkNow, JuNe 1 (PTi): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today questioned the authenticity of the forensic report which stated that the meat found from Dadri lynching victim Mohammad Akhlaq’s house was of “cow or its progeny”, even as BJP leader Yogi Adityanath demanded registration of cow slaughter case against Akhlaq’s family.

“Where was the sample sent, who received it? There was nothing objectionable in his house.

Every eye is on this matter. Everyone wants that the victim’s family should get justice as murder had taken place.

“After this incident, there was debate in the world regarding what to eat and speak. I think one should not get involved in such matters,” Yadav told reporters in Ambedkar Nagar district. His remarks came after a report prepared by a forensic lab in Mathura concluded that the meat found in the victim’s house was beef.

The finding was in contrast to the preliminary report of an inquiry by the Uttar Pradesh Veterinary department which said the meat over which Mohammad Akhlaq, 52, was lynched on September 28 last in Dadri was mutton of ‘goat progeny’.

BJP MP Adityanath said the report has put UP government, opposition parties at the Centre and a section of media in the dock.

The report by the Forensic laboratory of the Uttar Pradesh University of Veterinary Services (Animal Husbandry) examined the sample of meat recovered from the house of the lynching victim in Dadri.

It was stated that on the basis of chemical analysis the forensic investigation of the sample showed that it belonged to “cow or its progeny”. The report was sent to the Noida police and submitted to a fast-track court in a sealed cover, an official said.

Akhlaq was beaten to death on September 28 in Bisahra village in Dadri district by a mob infuriated by rumours that he and his family had stored and consumed beef. According to police, the meat was sent for testing only to establish the motive for Akhlaq’s killing.

Akhlaq’s family, which has always denied allegations related to beef, has rejected the Mathura lab report. Meanwhile, V S Tomar, deputy chief veterinary officer in Dadri, said the earlier report was based on “visual test” at that time and that the lab report is the “final verdict”.

rendra Modi on Wednesday released the National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP), which is aimed at making the country disaster resilient and significantly reduce the losses of lives and assets during such calamities. “Based on the 'Sendai Framework', the plan covers all phases of disaster management, that is, prevention, mitigation, response and recovery. It provides for horizontal and vertical integration

an official statement said.

The Sendai Framework was adopted by United Nations member-states on March 18, 2015, at the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai city of Japan.

“The plan also spells out the roles and responsibilities of all levels of government right up to panchayat and urban local body in a matrix format. The plan has a regional approach,

but also for development planning,” it said. The plan also identifies major activities such as early warning, information dissemination, medical care, fuel, transportation, search and rescue, evacuation, etc. to serve as a checklist for agencies responding to a disaster.

To prepare communities to cope with disasters, the plan emphasises on a greater need for information, education and communication activities.

Army ammo depot blast toll rises to 18 NAgPuR, JuNe 1 (iANS): The toll in Tuesday's massive fire and explosion at India's largest ammunition depot in Pulgaon, in Maharashtra's Wardha district, climbed to 18 with the bodies of two more persons recovered early Wednesday. One person is reported missing in the tragedy, sources said. The bodies of the two persons -- whose identities have yet to be established -- were found in a nearby water tank where they were apparently thrown by the blast impact. Work on clearing up the debris and assessment of damage to the defence assets continued on Wednesday.

The cause of fire, accompanied by a deafening blast -- which locals claimed was heard over 10 km away and damaged several homes and buildings in surrounding villages -- is being in-

vestigated. On Tuesday, the Director-General of Military Operations, Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh, had said 16 persons lost their lives in the disaster, including Lt. Col. R.S. Pawar and Major Mohan K., besides one soldier and 13 civilian firemen.

Another 17 injured are undergoing treatment at the Multi-Speciality Hospital in Wardha where a team of army doctors from Pune has reached. As a precautionary measure, the army and civil administration had evacuated five nearby villages amid deafening explosions and rising flames at the depot. However, some 1,000 men, women and children from these villages were permitted to return home by Tuesday afternoon. The army has ordered a probe into the incident and the extent of damage or losses to defence assets is being ascertained.

UGC asks varsities to set up 24X7 helpline for admissions New Delhi, JuNe 1 (PTi): With the new academic session being round the corner and admission process already under way in various universities, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all varsities to set up round the clock helpline to address admission related queries.

"With the new academic session to commence soon, it is understood that all universities are getting busy with the process of admission in various programmes of study offered at different levels of higher education.

"The admission procedure constitutes one of the most significant aspects of institutional functions and can lead to a lot of hassle and confusion for students if not carried out with utmost care and clarity," UGC secretary Jaspal Sandhu said in a letter to vice chancellors.

The varsities have been instructed to ensure that elements of transparency, clarity and effectiveness of interface are infused into the system of admission instituted in your institution of higher education.

"One effective mechanism to check different hurdles in the admission process and to handhold the perspective students is to set up a 24x7 helpline in the university which can attend to queries, doubts, confusions and grievances of students.

"The universities should establish a helpline at the earliest with the notification on the homepage of their website," the communication added.

TRAI launches app to take pesky call complaints New Delhi, JuNe 1 (iANS): The Indian telecom watchdog on Wednesday launched a mobile application to file complaints about unsolicited commercial communications. “It is called DND Services.

It is available in Google App Store and Mobile Seva App Store now and soon will be available in Apple iOS,” Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman R.S. Sharma told reporters in a press meet.

“It is done keeping in mind consumer interest. It will make the complaining process easier,” he added.

Air India offers special fares for students New Delhi, JuNe 1 (iANS): National passenger carrier Air India on Wednesday announced a special fares offer for students, who travel at this time of the year to join schools, colleges or appear for entrance exams.

According to the airline, the new offer provides special fares to students in the range of Rs 3,500-Rs 5,500 for domestic travel.

"Students travelling for various academic reasons like proceeding to join their school, college or to give entrance exam would be able to benefit from this special offer," the airline said in a statement.

Under the new offer, students after providing required documents would be able to avail tickets at Rs 3,500 (all inclusive) for distance of up to 1,000 km and at Rs 5,500 (all inclusive) for distance over 1,000 km.

"The booking period for this offer starts from June 1, 2016 and tickets can be booked till August 31, 2016 for travel between July 1, 2016 and August 31, 2016," the statement said.

"To avail these special fares, students are required to provide photo copy of the following documents while booking: admit card, examination hall ticket, admission slip, photo Id of the institution."

Non-subsidised LPG, jet fuel rates hiked New Delhi, JuNe 1 (iANS): State-run oil marketers on Wednesday hiked prices of non-subsidised cooking gas and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), a day after increasing petrol and diesel prices.

The price of non-subsidised cooking gas, which consumers buy after exhausting their quota of 12 cylinders per year, has been raised by Rs.21 per 14.2-kg cylinder. It will now cost Rs 548.50 in Delhi as against Rs 527.50 previously.

The hike comes after another hike the previous month. Prices were raised by Rs 18 on May 1.

Rates vary according to different local levies. The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, was also increased by 9.2 per cent.

The ATF price in Delhi has been hiked by Rs 3,945.47 per kilolitre, or 9.2 per cent, to Rs 46,729.48 per kl. The much steeper hike comes after 1.48 per cent hike, or by Rs 627 per kl on May 1.

The petrol price was hiked by Rs 2.58 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.26 per litre late on Tuesday.

Traffickers force 300,000 children to beg in streets Questions raised over Bihar Class 12 toppers; Months before carrying government to re-examine answer sheets out a series of rescues, they

A 9-yr-old nomad girl from Rajasthan, with her face painted in colours to attract commuters, looks at the camera as she begs for alms at a traffic junction in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi. (REUTERS File Photo)

CheNNAi, JuNe 1 (ThomSoN ReuTeRS FouNDATioN): At least 300,000 children across India are drugged, beaten and forced to beg every day, in what has become a multi million rupee industry controlled by human trafficking cartels, police and trafficking experts said.

Writing in a report which is about to be circulated across the country's police forces, the authors urged law enforcers to carry out greater surveillance of children living on the streets.

According to the National Human Rights Commission, up to 40,000 children are abducted in India

every year, of which at least 11,000 remain untraced.

"The police don't think begging is an issue because they assume that the adult with the child is either family or a known person," said co-author Anita Kanaiya, CEO of The Freedom Project India, which works on trafficking issues.

"But for every 50 children rescued there will be at least 10 who are victims of trafficking. And there has to be a constant vigil to identify them," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Children are sometimes maimed or burned to elicit greater sympathy and get more alms, said the report.

The money they earn is usually paid to the traffickers, or to buy alcohol and drugs.

The report is based on the experiences of police and charities in Bengaluru in Karnataka. There is a seasonal pattern to begging, local police said. Cities like Bengaluru see a sharp rise in the numbers of children wandering the streets just before festivals or after a natural disaster.

In 2011, Bengaluru police launched "Operation Rakshane" ("To Save"). In coordination with various government departments and charities, they drew up a blueprint to help children forced into begging.

spread out across the city, taking pictures of children on the street, documenting their daily activities and shadowing them back to their homes.

"When we started, we had nothing to prove the connection between begging and trafficking. But we went about meticulously recording any signs of forced labour on the streets of the city," Kanaiya said.

According to inspector general of police, Pronob Mohanty, who spearheaded the operation, teams of police and health workers rescued 300 children on a single day across the city.

The traffickers were arrested and later imprisoned. "Operation Rakshane is meant to be a template which can be replicated as a model of inter agency cooperation," Mohanty said in the handbook, which includes suggestions for surveillance, data collection and rehabilitation, as well as listing relevant laws.

Kanaiya said: "We are now initiating a planned campaign to take the book to every police headquarter in the country and follow it up with a workshop on child (begging) and rescue operations for policemen."

PATNA, JuNe 1 (iANS): After questions were raised over the quality of Class 12 Science and Arts toppers this year in Bihar, the state government has decided to conduct their interview and a special team will re-examine their answer sheets, officials said on Wednesday.

The Bihar School Examination Control Board (BSEB) that conducted the Class 12 exams, has invited Class 12 Science, Arts and Commerce toppers to appear in an interview on June 3 after it was reported that toppers lack even basic knowledge of their subjects.

"The Bihar School Exam Committee of the education department has decided for the first time to conduct interview of the toppers of Class 12 exams. A committee of the education board will take their interview," an official of the board said.

BSEB chairman, Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh said that action will be taken against toppers if they failed in the interview and their results will be cancelled too.

Bihar Education Minister Ashok Choudhary has already said that action will be taken against officials found guilty in this connection.

Rubi Kumari, who topped in Class 12 (intermediate) Arts stream this year, did not know about her own subjects. For her, political science is a subject that imparts information about cooking.

Similarly, Saurabh Sresth, who topped in Class 12, did not have the basic knowledge of science. He said

Last year, images of mass cheating involving Class 10 students making headlines, forcing the government to make strict measures against cheating, including CCTV cameras and prohibitory orders against unlawful assembly during exam this year.

that aluminium is an active element in response to a question. But when asked about sodium and electrons, he failed to reply.

Rubi, who topped in the exams conducted by the BSEB, shocked and surprised all when she told a local TV channel that one of her subjects was 'Prodical Science', instead of political science.

Interestingly, Rubi like most of the students in Bihar, wants to become an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

Saurabh wants to become a scientist. Both Rubi and Saurabh are from a college in Vaishali district in Bihar.

That is not all. Rubi is also not aware about the subjects in her Class 12 exams. She revealed that Class 12 exams was of 600 marks but actually it

was of 500 marks. She secured 444 out of 500 marks and became the Bihar Arts topper.

Taking serious note of this development, the BSEB has ordered a probe into their merits and the examiners who evaluated their answer sheets.

This year, the board claimed that Class 12 exams were conducted free of cheating and a drastic fall in the pass percentage is a proof of it.

"The strict measures against cheating, including CCTV cameras and prohibitory orders against unlawful assembly in conducting the exams in February this year, resulted in fall in pass percentage," a board official said.

Till last year, mass cheating in board exams was reported. This year it was not reported,

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Syrian fighters gain ground against IS BeIRut, June 1 (ReuteRs): U.S.-backed Syrian fighters including Kurds advanced against Islamic State in the last tract of territory the group holds near the Turkish border on Wednesday, a monitoring group said, opening a major new front with U.S.-led air support.

U.S. officials separately told Reuters that thousands of fighters, supported by a small number of U.S. special forces, were launching an offensive to capture the crucial swathe of northern Syria that militants have long used as a logistics base. The operation could take weeks.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Kurdish YPG militia made up the majority of the fighters taking part in the assault by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, with the initial target of capturing the town of Manbij, contradicting U.S. officials who said the bulk were Arabs.

This is seen as important to NATO member Turkey, which has opposed any further expansion of Syrian Kurdish sway at the frontier. The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia already controls an uninterrupted 400 km (250 mile) stretch of the border.

A U.S. official said Turkey supported the offensive. SDF and YPG officials

UNICEF sounds alarm about Falluja children, food supply

Shi’ite fighters take a selfie while firing artillery towards Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq. (REUTERS Photo)

could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Observatory said U.S.-led air strikes in support of the ground operation killed 15 civilians including three children near Manbij in the last 24 hours.

The Observatory’s reporting is based on an activist network in Syria.

It said the SDF fighters had taken 16 villages and were at a distance of 15 km (9 miles) from Manbij.

Driving Islamic State

from its last remaining foothold at the Turkish border has been a top priority of the U.S.-led campaign against the group. The group controls around 80 km (50 miles) of the frontier stretching west from Jarablus.

Syrian rebel groups deemed moderate by the West have been waging a separate campaign against Islamic State in the same corridor, but further west near Azaz. The going has

proved tough, with Islamic tary official said.

State repeatedly counter atThe U.S. officials said tacking.

Kurdish YPG fighters would only represent a TURKISH BORDER fifth or a sixth of the overall The U.S. officials said force. Turkey considers the the operation got under- YPG a terrorist group due way on Tuesday and aims to its links with the Kurdto choke off Islamic State’s istan Workers Party (PKK), access to territory that mil- which is waging an armed itants have long used to insurrection in southeastmove foreign fighters back ern Turkey. and forth to Europe.

The U.S. officials said “It’s significant in that the YPG will only fight to it’s their last remaining fun- help clear Islamic State nel” to Europe, a U.S. mili- from the area around Man-

cannot help you if you have done something wrong,” he added.

His comments were a response to a question about how to protect press freedom after a crime reporter was shot dead in Manila on May 27, CNN reported.

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) was quick to blast the leader for his “ap-

palling” comments.

“Nothing justifies the murder of journalists,” NUJP chair Ryan Rosuaro said in a statement. The Philippines is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists.

The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent press freedom organisation, said 77 journalists have died in Philippines since 1992.

The NUJP claims 176 of their colleagues have been murdered since 1986.

Duterte’s outrageous comments are the latest in a campaign to fight corruption and threaten criminals.

He previously declared that he will be a “dictator” against evil, and vowed to step down in six months if he failed to fulfil his promise to stamp out corruption.

China says first stealth fighter coming soon BeIJInG, June 1 (ReuteRs): China is still testing its first stealth fighter, the J-20, but the warplane will soon enter service, the air force said, after pictures circulated in Chinese media suggesting it had already joined the active fleet.

China expects the J-20 to help narrow the military gap with the United States, and its confirmation of the aircraft’s first test flight coincided with a visit to Beijing in 2011 by thenU.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Some analysts have said J-20 photographs suggest China may be making faster-than-expected progress in developing a rival to Lockheed Martin’s radar-evading F-22 Raptor.

In a statement, China’s air force described as “unreliable” reports that the J-20 had appeared in training

exercises, following a weekend state television broadcast that showed grainy pictures of what some viewers took to be the aircraft.

“At present, the J-20 has yet to be equipped for air force service,” the air force said on its official microblog late on Tuesday afternoon. Both the J-20, and another new aircraft, the Y-20 transporter, are still being test flown as planned, the air force said.

“In the near future, the J-20 and Y-20 will, in succession, be equipped for service, effectively raising the air force’s ability to fulfil its mission,” it added, without giving a timeframe.

However, experts say China is struggling to develop advanced engines that would allow its warplanes to match Western fighters in combat.

China has rapidly been ramping

Why smoking puts you at increase risk of oral diseases new YORK, June 1 (IAns): Puffing cigarettes can increase the likelihood that certain bacteria will not only set up camp but will build a fortified city in the mouth and fight against the immune system, thereby making you vulnerable to oral diseases, new research suggests. Bacteria can form biofilms on most surfaces including teeth, heart valves and the respiratory tract.

Biofilms are composed of numerous microbial communities often made up of complex, interacting and co-existing multispecies structures. “Once a pathogen establishes itself within a biofilm, it can be difficult to eradicate as biofilms provide a physical barrier against the host immune response, can be impermeable to antibiotics and act as a reservoir for persistent infection,” said one of the researchers David Scott from University of Louisville School of Dentistry in the US. “Furthermore, biofilms allow for the transfer of genetic material among the bacterial community and this can lead to antibiotic resistance and the propagation of other virulence factors that promote infection,” Scott noted. One of the most prevalent biofilms is dental plaque, which can lead to gingivitis - a gum disease found in almost half the world’s population -- and to more severe oral diseases, such as chronic periodontitis.

Bacterial biofilms also can form on heart valves resulting in heart-related infections, and they also can cause a host of other problems, the researchers said. The study was published in the journal Tobacco Induced Diseases.

up research into advanced new military equipment, including submarines, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles, which has rattled nerves regionally and in Washington.

There is nothing unusual about developing new technology, which every country does if it wants a modern military, China’s air force said in its statement.

“In recent years, China has mostly been relying on its own strength to develop new armaments, one after another,” it added.

“This is a completely reasonable requirement to protect the country’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity and protect the nation’s security developments. It is a necessary guarantee of effecting peaceful development.”

bij. Syrian Arab fighters would be the ones to stabilize and secure it once Islamic State is gone, according to the operational plans.

“After they take Manbij, the agreement is the YPG will not be staying ... So you’ll have Syrian Arabs occupying traditional Syrian Arab land,” the official said.

But Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman said: “The majority are from (YPG), and the opera-

they manage to leave, he added.

Backed by Shi’ite militias and air strikes from the U.S.-led coalition, the Iraqi armed forces launched an offensive on May 23 to recapture the city, 50 kms (32 miles) west of Baghdad.

The assault on Falluja, the first Iraqi city to fall under control of the ultrahardline Sunni militants in January 2014, is expected to be one of the biggest battles fought against Islamic State.

About 50,000 civilians remain there, according to the U.N. Iraqi security forces operating in Falluja systematically separate men and boys over 12 from their families to check possible links with Islamic State.

“UNICEF calls on all parties to protect children inside Falluja, provide safe passage to those wishing to leave the city and grant safe and secure environment to civilians who fled Falluja,” Hawkins said. The WFP statement said the city was inaccessible for assistance and market distribution systems remained offline.

tion is basically a YPG operation.”

Syrian Kurdish groups have established their own government in northeastern Syria since 2011. Capturing the last remaining Islamic State foothold at the Turkish border would help them to link up with the area of Afrin, which is controlled by the same Kurdish groups in northwestern Syria.

The YPG has been the most effective ally on the

ground for U.S.-led air strikes against IS, and last year captured large areas from it in Hasaka province.

The SDF alliance, including some Arab militias, was formed in October, since when it has led the campaign against IS with U.S. support.

The SDF last week began attacks against Islamic State in areas north of its de facto capital of Raqqa, but says the city was not a target of that operation.

Thailand jails country singer for 7 years in royal insult case

‘Killing of corrupt Philippines journalists justified’ MAnILA, June 1 (IAns): Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said journalists killed on the job in the country were often corrupt.

“Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination,” Duterte said while speaking at a press conference to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday.

“Freedom of expression

BAGHDAD, June 1 (ReuteRs): Thousands of children are facing extreme violence in Falluja, which the Iraqi army is trying to retake from Islamic State, and food stocks in the besieged city are dwindling, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. At least 20,000 children remain inside the Islamic State’s stronghold near Baghdad and face the risk of forced recruitment into fighting and separation from their families, the United Nations’ children’s agency UNICEF said.

The World Food Program, in a separate statement, said the humanitarian situation was worsening as family food stocks were running down, pushing up prices to a level few can afford.

“We are concerned over the protection of children in the face of extreme violence,” UNICEF Representative in Iraq Peter Hawkins said in a statement.

“Children face the risk of forced recruitment into the fighting” inside the besieged city, and “separation from their families” if

BAnGKOK, June 1 (ReuteRs): Thailand on Wednesday jailed a country singer and political activist for 7-1/2 years, on grounds of insulting the monarchy in a public speech made three years ago.

The conviction swells a list of prosecutions pushed

by Thailand’s military - the self-designated protectors of the monarchy - after it seized power in a coup two years ago.

The junta has a zerotolerance approach to criticism of the monarchy, making use of a draconian lese-majeste law that prescribes a prison term of up to 15 years for each offence.

Thanat Thanawatcharanon, known by his stage name of Tom Dundee, gave waiting media the thumbsup as he arrived at court on Wednesday, wearing an orange prison uniform.

“The sentence is much longer than we expected,” said his lawyer, Saovalux Po-Ngam. “We can lodge an appeal within a month but have to discuss first whether we will. In my personal view, the law should

Thanat Thanawatcharanon, also known by his stage name Tom Dundee, a Thai actor, singer and political activist, who was accused of insulting Thailand’s king in public speech, gestures as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok on June 1. (REUTERS Photo)

be scrapped, because the sentences are too long.”

Sentences for royal insults have become increasingly harsh under the junta, and one offender was jailed for a record 30 years in 2015. Thanat, who has been in prison since his arrest in 2014, had previously denied the charges but confessed in a sudden aboutface in court on Monday.

Confessing to a lesemajeste crime is routine

practice in Thailand, where the accused often plead guilty in hopes of a more lenient sentence.

Prosecutors said Thanat made defamatory comments against the monarchy during a 2013 speech to ‘red shirt’ activists at a political rally in the capital, Bangkok.

He was arrested and charged in July 2014, following pressure by an ultra royalist group on Thailand’s

Department of Special Investigation to prosecute Thanat.

For much of the past decade, Thailand has been divided along political lines between the mostly ruralbased red shirt movement and the royalist-military establishment in the capital and south.

Ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, is revered by Thais who see him as a keystone of Thailand’s identity.

N Korea says Trump isn’t screwy Opinions based on morality at all, a wise choice for president may resist change, says study

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media regarding money he listed as being donated to veterans groups at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, on May 31. (REUTERS Photo)

seOuL, June 1 (ReuteRs): North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as “a prescient presidential candidate” who can liberate Americans living under daily fear of nuclear attack by the North. A column carried on Tuesday by DPRK Today, one of the reclusive and dynastic state’s mouthpieces, described Trump as a “wise politician” and the right choice for U.S. voters in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election.

It described his most likely Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, as “thick-headed Hillary” over her proposal to apply the Iran model of wide sanctions to resolve the nuclear weapons issue on the Korean peninsula.

Trump instead has told Reuters he was prepared to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear programme, and that China should also help solve the problem.

North Korea, known officially as the Democratic People’s Re-

public of Korea (DPRK), is under U.N. sanctions over its past nuclear tests. South Korea and the United States say its calls for dialogue are meaningless until it takes steps to end its nuclear ambitions. DPRK Today also said Trump’s suggestion that the United States should pull its troops from South Korea until Seoul pays more was the way to achieve Korean unification.

“It turns out that Trump is not the rough-talking, screwy, ignorant candidate they say he is, but is actually a wise politician and a prescient presidential candidate,” said the column, written by a China-based Korean scholar identified as Han Yong Muk. It said promising to resolve issues on the Korean peninsula through “negotiations and not war” was the best option for America, which it said is “living every minute and second on pins and needles in fear of a nuclear strike”

by North Korea. The North has for years called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the South as the first step towards peace on the Korean peninsula and demanded Washington sign a peace treaty to replace the truce that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.

new YORK, June 1 (IAns): Labelling people’s opinions as based on morality are likely to make them more resistant to change, finds a new study suggesting that morality had a lot more impact than the values of tradition and equality.

The findings showed that people were more likely to act on an opinion - what psychologists call an attitude.

If it is labelled as moral they were more resistant to attempts to change their mind on that subject.

“The perception that an attitude we hold is based on morality is enough to strengthen it,” said lead author Andrew Luttrell, doctoral student at The Ohio State University, in the US. “For many people, morality implies a universality, an ultimate truth.

It is a conviction that is not easily changed.” Luttrell said.

Also, it was easy to lead people into thinking their views were based on moral principles, by using the ‘moral’ label.

“Morality can act as a trigger - you can attach the label to nearly any belief and instantly make that belief stronger,” said one of the researchers Richard Petty, professor at Ohio State.

Further, appeals to morality can be very effective to groups and po-

litical candidates trying to appeal to their supporters.

“People may be more willing to vote for a candidate or give money to an advocacy group if they believe it is a matter of morality,” Luttrell noted adding, “they’re also less likely to be swayed by the opposition.”

For the study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, the team included 183 college students who read an essay favouring the adoption of a senior comprehensive exam policy at their university.

They were asked to provide their thoughts in response to the essay, expressing views based on morality, tradition or equality.

Participants were then asked to rate how willing they would be to sign a petition in favour of the exam policy and to put their names on a list of students who favour the exam policy and which way they would vote on the issue.

The results showed that the attitudes of students who were told that their views on the exam policy were based on morality were more likely to predict their behaviour than the attitudes of students who were told their views were based on equality or tradition.

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Nagaland priests at Pilgrimage of Priests in Rome

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): Nine priests from Nagaland will take part in the special Year of Mercy Pilgrimage for Priests called by Pope Francis from June 1-3 in Rome. The priests are Mathew Thuniambral, Sabu Joseph, Johnson VU, Sajimon, Sivi George, Siby John, C. Joseph, John Poji, and Philip Magh.

A press release from Bishop’s House informed

that the highlight of the program includes entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica through the Holy Door, participation in the Catechesis on Mercy, participation in the retreat preached

by Holy Father Pope Francis, concelebrated Mass with Pope Francis at Piazza San Petro, praying the Rosary with Holy Father Pope Francis, etc. They will also visit and pray at the important Christian sites

like Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano, Colosseum, Catacombs, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum, Assissi, etc.

Pope Francis declared an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy starting on December 8, 2015 (on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary) and ending on November 20, 2016, (on Solemnity of Christ the

King).

In the diocese of Kohima, the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy was inaugurated on December 13 at St. Paul’s Church, Wokha by Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, the Bishop of Kohima. Along with St. Paul’s Church Wokha, four more churches in the diocese have been officially declared as centres of pilgrimage during the Year of Mercy – Mary Help of

Christians Cathedral Kohima, St. Xavier’s Church, Jalukie, St. Peter’s Church, Kiphire, and Holy Cross Church, Dimapur.

Christians have been invited to visit any of these churches and walk through the Holy Door to experience the mercy of God. “It is to be remembered that the walking through the Holy Door is not a magical act. It symbolizes one’s faith in Christ Jesus who said “I am the door”.

It represents one’s commitment to leave sin behind in order to embrace a life that is fully in keeping with the teachings of Christ,” the release said.

During this Year of Mercy called by Pope Francis, Christians are encouraged to bring about a “mercy revolution” by undertaking daily almsgiving, caring for the needy and forgiving as a way to meaningfully observe it, the release added.

Mount Olive College, Kohima held its first Alumni Association’s general meeting on May 28 at the college campus. The programme was chaired by Zinia Gangmai, HoD, Political Science Department, while Principal Dr. Narendra Tiwary gave the keynote address. The Alumni Association unanimously inducted Zhetovi Shohe as the Convenor along with four executive members.

NYO Jotosma meeting held Jotsoma, June 1 (mexn): The general meeting of Nagi Youth Organisation, Jotsoma was held on May 27 at Centenary Hall with Rüdolie Nagi, Chairman, Nagi Clan and Rev. Kelhuseto Nagi, Pastor, CBC Phezhu, Jotsoma as the resource persons. NYO honoured Vikhelhou Nagi of Baptist Mission School, Jotsoma for being the best performer among the HSLC successful candidates 2016 of Jotsoma. The organisation felicitated Khriezhako Nagi (HSLC) of Dainty Buds Hr Sec School, Kohima and Arheno Nagi (HSSLC) of Green Wood Hr Sec School, Dimapur for securing highest marks in Tenyidie subject in the state.

They were rewarded with cash award of Rs. 10,000 each along with certificates sponsored by Pelekho-u Nagi. NYO also honoured Mhasilhusie Nagi, Champion of the Angami Sports Association Wrestling Meet 2016 with gift hamper and certificate.

Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar, Administrative Training Institute director Lithrongla G. Chishi and others with IAS, IPS, NCS, NPS and allied services probationers (2014 batch) during the inaugural function of the Common Induction Programme at ATI Kohima on June 1. (Morung Photo)

rongmei Youth org Nagaland formed RCWDS honours students

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): A state level Rongmei youth body called Rongmei Youth Organization Nagaland has been constituted.

The organization was formed during meeting of Rongmei youths in Nagaland called by Rongmei Naga Youth Organization (RNYO) on May 29 at Chungaizang, Burma Camp, Dimapur.

A press release from RNYO General Secretary, Kanpatlung Pamei informed that the Rongmei Youth Organization Nagaland was declared by the President of RNYO in the presence of the central Rongmei apex organization RNPO and Rongmei Council Nagaland.

Angam Dangmei and Kalanchung Gon-

mei were elected as President and General Secretary respectively. The rest of the office bearers with their portfolios will be formulated and fixed at the forthcoming Rongmei Youth General Meeting Nagaland on June 25, 2016 at Rongmei Court, Chungaizang, Burma Camp, Dimapur, the release said. All the Rongmei youths have been requested to attend the meet positively.

Further, the release informed that there will be a joint meeting of Rongmei youth and student organizations and RNPO central executives on June 10 in Tamenglong at Nrianglong Hall.

PGSU NU Kohima campus holds parting social

Kohima, June 1 (mexn): The Post Graduate Students’ Union (PGSU) of Nagaland University Kohima Campus, Meriema held its 24th annual parting social on May 30 at State Academy Hall. The parting social was graced by Khekiye K Sema IAS (rtd) as the chief guest and Prof. Pardeshi Lal, ProVice Chancellor of NU, Kohima Campus as the guest of honor.

Prof Lal exhorted the leaving batch of students to pass the exam well and rise high, while Khekiye urged the Post Graduate students to be agents of change and lamented

over the failure of the present system in the State and to work for the development and prosperity for Nagaland.

The program began with presidential address by Thongo Khenpong Konyak, the newly elected head of the PGSU for 2016-17 while the valedictorian speech was given by ex-president Akumsunep Longchar. The rest of the occasion was filled with a flurry of creative activities ranging from singing, dancing, personal impressions to spoken word poetry, slam poetry and personalized video clips.

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): Rongmei Community Welfare Development Society (RCWDS) of Zeliangrong Village, Sachu Colony and Nagagaon honoured students of the community who passed Class X and Class XII (NBSE and CBSE) exams recently on May 28 at its Headquarter, Zeliangrong Village.

G. Kamei, Area Manager of Nagaland, Food Corporation of India (FCI) was the guest speaker. He encouraged the students to work hard and develop habit of maintaining time table, which he said will help them find out the best time to study. He told the students to make a time table and avoid disturbance from friends and family to protect the time to study, a press release from RCWDS informed. Pointing out that perseverance is very important in students’ life, he further urged the students to never give up despite facing difficulties. He also shared his past experiences about how he struggled to achieve success.

The program, chaired by Gaichrin Malangmei, started with an invocation prayer by Emmanuel Kamei, member of RCWDS. In his welcome speech, Chairman of RCWDS, Ambrose Malangmei encouraged the students to do better and come out with better marks in the future.

During the program, Act of Blessing was conducted by Meishonglung Pamei, Chairman, TRC (AMN). A special number was presented by Kathuang Pamei, Naga Orpheus Hunt Finalist 2014 and member of Voice of Nagaland.

Eastern Christian College (Arts & Commerce) dedicated a medical health centre for the college, parents and public on Padumpukhuri on June 1. Imlitemsu Longkumer, Chairman, Managing Board dedicated the centre, which will be taken care by Dr Suzan and Nurse Asang Jamir.

Office bearers and members of the NPF Peren division undertook a tree plantation drive at new Peren headquarters site on May 27. The volunteers planted more than 500 tree saplings of various varieties including Asoka, Silver Oak, Nahor, Bokul, Rain tree and Gulmohar.

Officers and staffs of Rural Development Department participate in the social work conducted as part of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ at RD Directorate on May 30.

public discourse

The fall of the “Framework Agreement” Wall! Re-unification and Reconciliation of Threats & Opportunities

Overture: To a lay “Naga Conscience” like this writer, the significance of the inked 3rd Aug, 2015 ‘Framework Agreement’ epitomizes the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 passed on 25th October, 1971 recognizing the People’s Republic of China (PRC), who took the China seat in UN and expelled the Republic of China (ROC). Although Chiang Kai-shek was defeated by Mao Zedong in 1949 with the formation of Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the former fled to Taiwan where he established the government of the Republic of China (ROC).

It was only on 20th March, 1972 after gaining the UN seat, when Beijing addressed the UN Special Committee on Colonialism for the retrocession of Hong Kong and Macau.

Hong Kong was handed over in (1842 till) 1997 from UK and Macau from Portugal during (1573 till) 1999. The pragmatic approach for transition of Hong Kong and Macau and reintegration with the mainland China was on “One country two systems” formula generally known as ‘shared sovereignty’ or Special Administrative Region (SAR) status. Taiwan has lost its standing in the international arena and no major government recognizes the ROC. As China gets richer, the actualization of the Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan is inevitably a known fact.

Similarly, it was only after Nagaland became a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) in the Third General Assembly, Hague, Netherlands during January 19-24, 1993 represented

by Chairman Mr. Isak Chishi Swu and General Secretary Mr. Th Muivah of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland when the Government of India signed the Ceasefire Agreement in 1997. Thus, re-opening a new chapter beyond the closed books of i) The Nine Point Agreement (The Hydari Agreement) of June, 1947 between the NNC and the Governor of Assam ii) The Sixteen Point Agreement of July, 1960 between the Naga Peoples Convention and Government of India and iii) The Shillong Accord of November, 1975 between Government of India and representatives of the Naga Federal Government.

Paradigms for Self-Determination: It is an irony that the Naga People had to assert its right for self-determination from an entity “India”, born out of 562 princely states that were equally placed besides the Nagas against the British Government till 1947. If the

Naga National Council (NNC) had conceded to the offer of the British Crown Colony in 1946, Nagaland; comprising Naga Hills, adjacent Tracts in Burma, the Chittagong Hill Tracts of East Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh might have been the closest of republic, an ally of India as members of the common wealth nations. However, in hindsight the stand of the NNC and choice of the Naga People rejecting the Crown Colony emerges to be the noblest of commissions. In view of the circumstances over China’s claim of Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Tibetan territory while historically Nagas had never been a part of China or India. Thus practically circumventing another Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan and next to letting the gluttonous China gobble up the British Crown Colony of Nagaland into the bargain. The outcome of which is in favor for India as well. On the other hand, the present talk for self-determination needs to ensure the retrocession of Naga territories in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur for Naga integration by GOI. The Naga people has the political will and the ability to govern itself as has been proven from time immemorial with each village permanently established as Greek City states. The modern form of democratic governance began with the first elections in January of 1964; the present opposition less government of Nagaland under the Chief Minister Mr. T. R. Zeliang embodies the Naga political consciousness.

Nevertheless, the recent trend of suspension without recourse, against the defiant directly elected leaders of the people by the political party, ruses to adversely affect its dynamism.

Despite the tall claims of political consciousness of the Nagas, the economic status of the Nagas in today’s market driven economy looks grim and appalling. It is a known fact that the absence of investments by any business houses foreign or domestic in Nagaland or any other Naga areas is due to the basic structure of law governing the land and its people, coupled with the protracted Naga political problem. The new political dispensation is imperative to eke out an effective structure of law e.g. contract law, rules of trade, labor laws, property rights, land laws etc., while safeguarding the traditional/ customary rights/ law of the Naga people.

The public anxiety is unveiling almost at shrill levels over the impending uncertainty of change about whether, how and when the new constitutional restructuring will actually

take place. All the past political agreements and transitions were mostly unanticipated, random and ill-gotten unlike the present political dialogue. However, even the present framework agreement provides the impression that the Government of India may constraint itself from granting a high degree of autonomy.

Against this backdrop, the much fanfare and dogged invocation of the 1951 Plebiscite by several NPGs in the glaring spotlight of the local press occurs to be rushing into the foul wind. The historical significance of the 1951 Plebiscite stands irrefutable; yet harping on the past cannot fetch the future. When the hesitant Government of India comes to a sticky end even to execute the past signed accords/ agreements of 1947, 1960 and 1975 in letter and spirit, how can one expect India to honor the Naga Plebiscite of 1951 held without prior sanction of the UN or India. The UN recognizes the 3(three) processes of decolonization by conducting a plebiscite: i) Statehood ii) Independence and iii) Free Association.

In the face of the 1951 Naga plebiscite for independence, the Statehood of Nagaland on 1st Dec, 1963 as the 16th State of India was illegitimately clinched past the Sixteen Point Agreement of 26th July, 1960 signed by the elite representatives of the Naga People’s Convention and the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru without the endorsement of the Naga Undergrounds or Naga populace. Categorically, the NPGs should reunite, coordinate and bargain with India and the UN to conduct a fresh plebiscite for independence encompassing the entire Naga population across the borders. If the NPGs fail to evolve with the need of the changing time, the existence of NPGs/ Factions will become irrelevant.

Reconciling Threats and Opportunities: Pragmatically, deals are struck and rules are created to serve the interests of the political elite and the officials of the regime who have the bargaining power. The new emerging order will be settled to better suit their interests and ideologies. However, the political forces of change cannot be completely controlled and shielded from the unexpected consequences. Hence, the challenge to analyze the conditions whether threats or opportunity will dominate over the change of guard and during the interim period.

To address this matter, it is the bounden duty of the collective leadership of the NSCN to bare it all to the Naga populace who ulti-

mately defines and enforces the traditional/ customary rights/ laws. In anticipation of the final Agreement, levelheadedly, piece by piece approach may be opted to thrash out on those finalized clauses which entail public scrutiny. The emotional ups and downs (threats & opportunities) of the Naga populace as well as those of the regime can be reconciled by making the uncertainty of the political transformation potentially calculable.

The transition period will most expectedly disrupt the social order temporarily with the impact of the new regulations. It may induce anxiety to the established manpower of the incumbent government, business community and the prospective financiers.

The general public may become more conservative driven to adapt with the uncertain changing environment. For this reason, prior public awareness of the new order to be put in place for implementation and enforcement will patch up the cynicism to consistency. On those perspectives of polity, ideology, land and natural resources and the mechanisms that imply strong directional change.

The vitality of the capitalist system of free market economy cannot be undermined for business interests, anticipating investments in new business activity. To cultivate the good will of both domestic and international business houses and for entrepreneurs and financiers alike. Making opportunities transparent and calculable down from the entry process to the operating concerns till the exit route or winding up schemes for a company, to provide stability. The post agreement phase, need to begin an upward trajectory for companies, firms and financiers coming from mainland India and abroad e.g. “Tax Haven Country” like British Virgin Islands, Panama etc., or evolve to become the next “Tax Haven” destination. Hence, the need to expedite the infrastructure development of the Naga territories, like all weathered roads, rails, air connectivity, 24x7 power, lead-in financial institutes & financial markets, human resource development et al.

Despite the irony of Indians being on the equal footing with the Naga’s before 1947 as a nation, there is no denying the fact that Indians were far ahead in most areas of modern life. The vibrant economic strides with the advancement in science and technology drove India’s economy on the verge of surpassing the giant economy of China. The progressive India, with its geographic and demograph-

ic size has clinched its place as a potential World Power. The road to economic prosperity for the Nagas necessitates itself to emerge as leverage for the Indian economy to explore the South East Asian markets. Time is ripe for Nagas to act for our own favor before the wind changes its direction. Moreover, India has the option to take the cheapest sea-route to reach any market destination across the globe.

Conclusion: It is indeed easy for many “Naga conscience” including this writer to seat back in the comforts of the home and articulate lofty musings. Nevertheless, each “Naga conscience” is matter-of-factly declaring the vibrations inside the microcosm. Some may agree, agree to disagree or disagree to agree but the significance of the 3rd Aug, 2015 ‘Framework Agreement’ is historic due to the fact that the Government of India for the first time, at the Prime Ministerial level is directly negotiating with the Undergrounds unlike the past randomly imposed editions.

Whatever the bounty obtained through the present negotiation, the present Naga generation will all savor in it and the future Naga generations will judge. The political elites and officials of the NSCN regime deserves the respect and support due to them as rightly poised by the 60 Members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Naga Hoho and various NGOs. The regressive mentalities of several Naga populate to dwell in the past needs to be overpowered by a progressive mind. It is a scientific truth that every organism evolves into refinement with the exceptions of the degeneration effects on mutation.

Personally, from an angry, rebellious and anti-establishment temperament throughout the teenage and early adulthood years, the gradual change into a conscientious adulthood had been the result of chance and choice. It is observable that the GOI and the NSCN(IM) as well had evolved progressively and touched a higher level of maturity.

Hopefully, let me conclude in the words of His Highness the Prince of Liechtenstein that “self-determination would begin in a stepby-step manner, starting with the exercise of limited cultural autonomy, progressing gradually to a degree of political autonomy and, where desired, eventually ending in independence”. Kuknalim!

V.T. Chakhesang (vt.chakhesang@gmail.com) Nagaland, Kohima.

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

Thursday 02•06•2016

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The Queen turns cover girl!

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he Queen has landed a starring role in the latest issue of Vanity Fair by appearing as its cover girl for the second time. Her Majesty appears on the front of the magazine's summer edition which hits UK newsstands on Friday, in a colourful image shot by acclaimed fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz.

In the relaxed portrait, the monarch sits by a rose bush in the grounds of Windsor Castle surrounded by her four beloved dogs Willow, Vulcan, Candy and Holly. It is just one of a series of photographs that was shot by contributing photographer Leibovitz to mark the Queen's 90th birthday in April. Another, released last month, sees her walking the dogs in Windsor's gardens, while others see her posing with family including her great-grandchildren Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

The photographer told Vanity Fair: 'The most moving, important thing about this shoot is that these were all her ideas.'

'She wanted to be photographed with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh; her daughter, Anne, the Princess Royal; and her corgis.' She added: 'I was told how relaxed she was at Windsor, and it was really true. You get the sense of how at peace she was with herself, and very much enthralled with her family.'

Paying tribute to Britain's longest-serving monarch in an accompanying essay, writer William Shawcross said: 'These images of the Queen and her family and corgis and dorgis (a cross between corgi and dachshund) are endearing. 'And Windsor Castle, remember, is where she and her sister, Princess Margaret, sheltered from German bombers during the war. 'Now the beloved castle is an oasis of peace in her still unbelievably busy official life.'

It is not the first time Her Majesty has starred the cover of the iconic magazine, after she graced its pages exactly

nine years ago in its June 2007 - shot again by Leibovitz. The publication has also featured Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge on its August 2014 cover, as well as Princess Diana in 1985 and 1997 - just two months before her death.

The Queen joins past cover stars including Kate Moss, Brad Pitt and Demi Moore. It has been a busy week for the 90-year-old royal, who last week attended a parade marking 300 years of the Royal Artillery - the 'Gunners' who provide the firepower for the British Army - and was greeted by a 21-gun salute as she marked the Royal Artillery's anniversary at Larkhill.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lots of hugs and kisses Dad, Mum and relatives

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‘Splitsvilla 9’ will teach men to stand up, fight for women: Rannvijay

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ctor and host of the reality show “Splitsvilla” Rannvijay Singh says the new season of the show will teach men how to behave with women as well as stand up and fight for them. “The theme of this new season is ‘Where Women Rule’ and I and Sunny (Leone) believe that in our country there is a need to talk about these things. To show it through an example, be it through entertainment or anything

else,” he said. “All our 15 celebrity guys had to in a way, through respect and chivalry behave with the girls because of which they saw a change in them,” Rannvijay added.

He believes that the fans of his show or all who watch MTV will feel some changes in themselves as well. “Many people are not aware about how to talk with respect and chivalry with a women like your mom, girlfriend, wife or

sister and how to stand up for them. ‘Splitsvilla’ is going to teach this in its own way,” he said at the launch of the ninth season of the show. “Along with the fun, there is a sub-conscious message also,” Rannvijay added.

The show will be cohosted by actress Sunny Leone, who has been hosting the show for the past three seasons. Rannvijay-Sunny also hosted the last season and the season prior to that,

Sunny hosted it with Nikhil Chinnappa. About her experiences on the show, Sunny said, “The journey of ‘Splitsvilla’ was so good.

Every year we have so much fun. For one month I go into ‘Splitsvilla’ and I enter the lives of these contestants.

Rannvijay and I watch these contestants from day one — what they talk, what their thoughts are, to the very last day, which is a complete transformation.”

The show features

Katy Perry's Twitter, Largest in the World, Gets Hacked

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aty Perry's 89 million Twitter followers likely woke up to a shock following a series of profanity-filled Tweets posted to the social media site after a hacker took control of the singer's account. The "Firework" performer, who has the biggest following on Twitter, has since deleted the tweets, which even included a message saying that she misses Taylor Swift. Perry and Swift have had a rocky relationship. Swift's song "Bad Blood" is said to be about their feud.

"We do not comment on individual accounts for privacy and security reasons," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. Katy Perry's representatives were not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC. It's not clear who was behind the attack. A Twitter user with the

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Ronnie Wood becomes father to twins, aged 68

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olling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has become a father again at the age of 68. His wife Sally, who is 38, gave birth to twin girls late on Monday evening, Wood's publicist confirmed. A statement said: "Ronnie & Sally Wood are delighted to announce the birth of their twins Gracie Jane (6lb) & Alice Rose (5.7lb)."The girls arrived on 30 May at 22:30 and all are doing brilliantly.

The babies are perfect." The twins are Wood's fifth and sixth children, but the first for him and his wife, who is a theatre producer.

Wood has four children

already - Jesse Wood with his first wife, former model Krissy Wood, daughter Leah and son Tyrone from his second marriage to Jo, and Jamie - Jo's son from a previous marriage whom Wood adopted. The musician dated Sally Humphreys, as she was then known, for six months before they got married at London's Dorchester Hotel, with Rod Stewart as Wood's best man, in 2012.

The couple first met while she was working at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, where Wood was displaying some of his artwork.

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handle @sw4ylol has been widelylinked with the hack across a number of publications. CNBC could not confirm if this user, who has not posted their real name, is responsible. The user posted a tweet asking, "Who TF is Katy Perry". This was followed up by another tweet containing a link to a track on music streaming site SoundCloud that the hacker claimed to be Perry's new song called "Witness 1.3."

This tweet was later removed.

But then another tweet was sent showing an email from SoundCloud saying that the track had been removed because of a copyright claim against it from Universal Music Group. Perry is the latest in a string of stars to have their social media accounts hijacked, including Swift and Justin Bieber.

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young boys and girls competing against the backdrop of love, where they actually fall in love or sometimes have to establish romantic bonds to survive in the game. Does the romance in the show get Sunny emotional? “I get very emotional, I am a very emotional girl,” Sunny said.

The new season goes on air from June 11.

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"The 25th Graduation of Mark Buntain Memorial Mission Training Centre of The Assemblies of God of East India was conducted on 29th May, 2016 at The Training Centre, Diezephe, under the theme "To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you..." (2 Corinthians 10:16) with Rev. Moses Murry, General Superintendent, AGEI as Speaker.

Rev. Moses Murry encouraged the Graduating Trainees to be ready for any challenges for the sake of the gospel and bring souls to Christ. There were 7 Ordained Ministers and Pastors from Manipur graduated."

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NAC Open Supercross from today Novak Djokovic enters $100 million Our Correspondent

petitors from Nagaland.

Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Resources & Sports, Music Task Force & State Lotteries, Khriehu Liezietsu, will grace the inaugural function on June 2 at 10:30 AM. It will be followed by first qualifying round.

Apart from Nagaland, the event will witness participants from Mizoram, Bangaluru, Hyderabad, Meghalaya, Assam and others.

Three categories of ticket to the event have been fixed at Rs. 1000 (Donor), Rs. 500 and Rs. 100.

Youth Resources & Sports Director Asangla Imti will grace the closing ceremony on June 3 at 4:00 PM.

Kohima | June 1

The much awaited national level two wheeler competition – NAC Open Supercross organized by Nagaland Adventure Club (NAC) will take place at Kohima Local Ground from June 2.

This is the first ever supercross event organised in Nagaland under the banner of the premier motor sports governing body of the country – the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).

The competition will feature four categories for engines upto the 500cc class – Expert, Novice, Open and a special category for com-

BCCI to form a combined NE team India to seek Olympic

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ShIllong, June 1 (IAnS): Ignored for the past many years, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally woken up to the country's northeast. It is mulling to form a combined northeast team, which will participate in all national-level tournaments conducted by the board across all age groups. Newly elected BCCI President Anurag Thakur, who visited the Under-16 and Under-19 BCCI-National Cricket Academy (NCA) camps in Dimapur and Shillong on Wednesday, said the board is also planning to set up a cricket ground and an indoor cricket facility in all the northeastern states. Thakur, who was accompanied by BCCI's new area development programme chairman Avishek Dalmiya and other officials, said: "The BCCI is committed to handhold northeastern states and bring them to the mainstream. I am extremely happy with the two camps organised by the BCCI at Shillong and Dimapur."

"We have exciting talent coming through and the BCCI will give them a platform to excel. We have taken steps that will lay a solid foundation for cricket development in the northeast," he added.

Thakur also assured the region the board's support for cricket development and announced several steps that will help raise the profile of the sport.

Corrigendum on news of Mary Kom The news report on boxer MC Mary Kom published on June 1 had inadvertently mentioned wrong information on the boxer's education qualification. It should have been written that in spite of her intense focus on her boxing venture she went on to complete her graduation somehow.

This news agency tenders apology to the boxer. The Liangmai Naga Council (LNC) also expressed unhappiness on publication of such wrong information.

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wildcard for Mary Kom

new DelhI, June 1 (PtI): India has decided to seek a wildcard entry for M C Mary Kom in the Olympic Games scheduled from August 5 this year.

Mary Kom (51kg) had missed out on qualifying for the Olympics after bowing out in the second round of last month’s World Championships — the second and final qualifying tournament for women for the Games.

The 33-year-old was required to make at least the semifinals to be assured of an Olympic berth in the mega-event in Astana, Kazakhstan.

“She has been a phenomenal athlete and looking at her overall contribution to the sport, we have decided to request for a wildcard for her. However, her application will be among the many that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) will examine before taking a final decision,” Chairman of the ad-hoc committee

currently running boxing in India, Kishen Narsi, told PTI. The five-time world champion and bronzemedallist at the London Olympics could not get an Olympic quota place in either of the two qualifying events for women boxers and is keeping her fingers crossed for a wildcard. “Let’s see how it goes,” was Mary Kom’s brief response on the latest efforts being made to secure what would be her second and final Olympic appearance.

The wildcards are basically Tripartite Commission Invitation Places, which are made available to all the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participating in the Olympics.

In the three Olympic categories of 51kg, 60kg and 75kg in women’s boxing, only one wildcard is available per division.

Only one Indian boxer — Shiva Thapa (56kg) — has so far qualified for the Olympic Games.

dollar club, Serena plays catch-up

Serena Williams returns the ball. (REUTERS)

PARIS, June 1 (ReuteRS): Novak Djokovic had 100 million reasons to celebrate reaching the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday -- albeit two days later than expected -- as players made a mad dash to clear the fourthround backlog created by the fickle Parisian weather.

The Serbian world number one became the first tennis player to bank $100 million in prize money after his 3-6 6-4 6-1 7-5 win over Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut tipped him over the magic number.

However, the fourthround winner's cheque is a far cry from the real prize Djokovic has his eyes on this week.

What he desperately wants is to get his hands on the Musketeers' Cup to complete his grand slam collection.

After winning a match that was originally scheduled for Monday, began on Tuesday and was finally completed on Wednesday, the 29-year-old will have to play four days in succes-

sion if he is to reach Sunday's title showdown.

"I have the feeling I played three matches against him," a grinning Djokovic told the crowd after donning a yellow rain hat during his victory speech.

With only two hours of play possible over the previous two days as Parisians were hit by monsoon-like showers, the women in top seed Serena Williams' half of the draw had also been left stranded in the fourth round for 48 hours.

Hence it was little surprise they were all in a hurry to play catch-up on Wednesday.

NO FAMILY REUNION Williams is no stranger to playing in front of capacity crowds but barely a couple of hundred spectators bothered to turn up at the 15,000-seater Philippe Chatrier Court as she began her tussle against 18th seed Elina Svitolina.

However, one person who was there to witness the champion's 6-1 6-1 walloping of Svitolina was

Novak Djokovic hitting drop shots from deep. (AP Photo)

her former on-court rival, four-times champion Justine Henin. What Henin thought of her charge Svitolina's performance is anyone's guess but unlike the Belgian's often prickly encounters with Williams, Wednesday's match ended with the two players sharing a joke and a warm handshake at the net.

However, there will be no Williams family reunion at Roland Garros this year after Timea Bacsinszky ambushed Serena's elder sister Venus 6-2 6-4.

Venus arrived for her match on Suzanne Lenglen Court looking more like a winter sport athlete than someone about to play a tennis match on June

1 -- wearing leggings under her skirt and a long black quilted jacket zipped up to her neck.

Once the match got going, she failed to warm up sufficiently as Bacsinszky went on an eight game roll from 2-0 down in the first set and kept up the run to dash dreams of a possible semi-final showdown for the most celebrated sisters in sport. She will next face Dutch outsider Kiki Berten's after she downed American 15th seed Madison Keys 7-6(4) 6-3.

Serena will face another unexpected quarter-finalist in the shape of Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva, who beat Spanish 12th seed Carla Suarez Navarro.

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